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Kim Klacik and the urban GOP effort
Baltimore Republicans are an oddity in Baltimore. Perhaps some older Americans remember Spiro Agnew, but that’s more or less it…
Starmer sketches out a Brexit position
As Boris Johnson comes under fire from his own MPs over his potentially unlawful Brexit plans, Keir Starmer has made his…
Boris Johnson’s Brexit dilemma
The penny seems to have belatedly dropped for Boris Johnson. He can have a no-trade-deal relationship with the European Union…
Is Trump’s campaign running out of cash?
You can tell something about a campaign by the desperation-levels of its fundraising emails. In recent weeks, Team Trump’s digital…
Disney’s Mulan is everything Xi Jinping could wish for
The last year has seen a litany of corporates bend the knee to the mighty Chinese Communist party. From HSBC’s…
Are we really seeing a second European spike?
You’ve probably seen the graphs, cases are way up in France, even higher than the first wave, and yet deaths…
How the Tories can stop the SNP’s hate crime bill
Free speech concerns about the SNP’s Hate Crime Bill have been mounting for months now, so it was inevitable that…
Ripping up the Withdrawal Agreement is a big mistake
Like most things Brexit related, it depends on who you believe. The EU is concerned over the announcement that the…
Does Catalonia really want independence?
In 1714, after a long siege, Spain managed to regain control of Barcelona after the War of Spanish Succession. Catalan…
The Atlantic twists the truth
The Atlantic has stunk up an otherwise beautiful Labor Day weekend with a uniquely ugly story. Anti-Trump editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg claims that…
The vaccine goalposts have shifted
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock provided a vaccine update this morning London time, reporting that the chances of the Oxford…
Identity politics and the erosion of liberalism
A new kind of politics has taken root, righteous intimidation. Occasional outbursts of violent outrage are not new, but today…
Covid-19 and the end of clinical medicine as we know it
When we trained at medical school we were taught to approach each patient on his or her own merits. We…
Why Boris thinks no deal might be worth the pain
You may wonder why on earth a Tory government led by Boris Johnson, the heirs to Thatcher for goodness sake,…
It’s time for the West to ditch its Russian playbook
We have been here before. Russia is at the centre of an international crisis of its own creation. And we…
Boris Johnson’s Brexit deadline
After months of coronavirus leading the news agenda, Brexit is back. The Prime Minister has overnight promised to quit the…
Extinction Rebellion’s newspaper stunt has backfired badly
I believe that halting and if we can, reversing man-made climate change is one of the most important challenges facing…
Is Britain a nation in fear of safetyism?
It should come as no surprise that Britain’s city centres remain, in the words of CBI chief Carolyn Fairbairn, ‘ghost…
Is Donald Trump really anti-abortion?
At the Republican National Convention last month, he was repeatedly described as the ‘most pro-life President ever’. According to some…
Can Simon Case restore stability to the heart of government?
Boris Johnson does not get everything wrong. The appointment of Simon Case to be head of the civil service at…
Boris Johnson’s careerist cabinet problem
Last year Boris Johnson won three notable domestic political victories. His hot streak began when he romped home in the…
President Trump’s big Balkan deal
President Trump has presided over a notable deal between Kosovo and Serbia. It’s interesting in more ways than one. For…
Pundits gaslight the American people on violent riots
Though Joe Biden has now accepted that violence is occurring in many major American cities and has started blaming Donald…
Macron’s battle against the forces of French anarchy
This week France announced a €100 billion (£89 billion) stimulus package equivalent to 4 per cent of GDP over two years.…
Ten ways to save the BBC
It is encouraging to hear that the new Director-General of the BBC, Tim Davie, is demanding changes in the BBC’s…
