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The most memorable RNC speakers are not the stars
Let’s be real, the warm-up acts are never the draw. For every Jimi Hendrix opening for the Monkees (true story)…
Melania’s moment
Free Melania? She made her jailbreak tonight. Whether or not President Trump wins re-election, she was out to save, as…
Honest Abe? Lincoln Project hit with plagiarism allegations
The Lincoln Project may soon have to change its name to the ‘Don’t-Link-Back Project’. The anti-Trump political action committee has…
The GOP’s ‘Great American Story’ will play well at the ballot box
I can’t prove it, but it would not surprise me to discover that the architects of the Republican convention had…
The difference between the RNC and the DNC, according to the Trump campaign
The Republican National Convention kicked off last night with big ratings — the C-SPAN livestream broadcast of the event had…
The Republicans have a race problem
Congratulations to Sen. Tim Scott for delivering one of the best speeches on the opening night of the Republican meta-convention,…
Make America Normal Again
To win in November, Trump should seek inspiration from President Alexander Lukashenko, the 65-year-old autocrat who has ruled Belarus since…
Why Keir Starmer no longer needs to fear the left of his party
John McDonnell, Corbyn’s right hand man for four and a half years, was full of praise when asked about the…
Boris Johnson’s culture war strategy
Boris Johnson’s approach to the culture war is to wait for the other side to overreach – talk of taking down…
What percent of Covid deaths were directly from Covid?
Just how many people have died of Covid-19, as opposed to having died with the virus? It is a poignant…
The BBC has lost touch with real diversity
The BBC has announced plans to invest £100 million pounds in ‘diversity’ for its television output. Bravo. I’m a great…
Why is Covid-19 ‘racist’ but not ‘ageist’?
It appears nothing and no-one is safe from being accused of racism nowadays: statues, bra names and even Covid-19. Referring to…
Republicans actually make better TV
Here’s a question no one will ask. How is it possible the Republicans — the party universally deplored and maligned…
Populist Trump can win the RNC
The Republican National Convention kicks off Monday in the hope of offering voters an alternative to the unfocused, self-serving Democratic…
The right stuff
No matter what the pundits say, no matter how the polls look, November’s presidential election is very much up for…
How to be right
Two broad camps divide American conservatism today: those who get it, and those who don’t — the woke and unwoke,…
Could blood plasma be used to treat Covid-19?
What are we to make of the decision by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to grant emergency use…
The mob are turning into Trump’s useful idiots
Protesters have been setting fire to yet another American city today to tell us that black lives matter. This latest…
Why isn’t Joe Biden being tested for COVID-19?
Joe Biden has faced questions on his mental and physical acuity throughout his presidential bid. For example, he first said…
Scots poll in favour of free expression
The SNP’s determination to push on with its draconian Hate Crime Bill has put it on the wrong side of…
Jake Auchincloss and incendiary rhetoric
I can’t claim to know what Jake Auchincloss was thinking when he asked, 10 years ago, why it was acceptable…
Scotland’s Hate Crime Bill would have a chilling effect on free speech
Among the encroachments on Milton’s three supreme liberties contained in Humza Yousaf’s Hate Crime Bill is a cloturing of the…
Who really wants to delegitimize the election result?
On Thursday afternoon, prior to the final night of the Democratic convention, four New York Times opinion columnists gathered to…
Vegans, your soya milk is killing the planet
In the popular imagination, veganism and environmentalism go hand-in-hand. Both are championed – often in one voice – by ultra-progressive…
Without Black Wednesday there would have been no Brexit
Last Sunday, BBC Radio 4’s The Reunion devoted 40 minutes to ‘Black Wednesday’, as our exit from the ERM was…
