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Five priceless moments from Trump’s State of the Union address
As Democrats watch their single accomplishment, impeaching the president, go up in flames before their eyes and the nation remains…
Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address was nothing less than magnificent
One of the many things that F. Scott Fitzgerald said that sound good but aren’t true is this: ‘There are…
Pelosi ‘might as well rip up any plans for attracting independent voters’, says Trump campaign
Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh condemned Nancy Pelosi for ripping up a copy of President Trump’s State of the Union…
No one saw Pete Buttigieg coming except himself
Small wonder that Joe Biden skedaddled out of Iowa as fast as he could to New Hampshire. It looks like…
NeverTrump 2020 died in Iowa
In a night that saw a nightmare ending (or beginning) for the Democratic party in Iowa, one thing became resoundingly…
Iowa Democrats couldn’t have picked a worse time to mess up
What happened — or didn’t happen — in Iowa last night is unbelievably bad. It is an international embarrassment, one…
Void the Iowa caucus results
Perhaps the most annoying response to last night’s Iowa debacle are the haughty scolds from journalists and pundits chastising anyone…
Boris’s eco plans will end in tears
At least no one will be able to accuse it of not caring about the environment. The government has just…
The Iowa shambles is a delight for Trump
Voters in Iowa lined up in high-school gymnasiums across the state last night to prepare for a long few hours…
Why the Iowa voting fiasco matters
The Monday night caucuses were the biggest moment in four years for Iowa Democratic Party. They screwed it up beyond…
The Democrats’ Iowa shambles is a delight for Donald Trump
Voters in Iowa lined up in high-school gymnasiums across the state last night to prepare for a long few hours…
Punch-drunk Biden gets a beating in the gym
Joe Biden once promised to take Donald Trump behind the gym and beat him up. Early results in the Democratic…
Chaos wins the Iowa caucus
Six months ago, you would have predicted a Joe Biden win in the Iowa caucuses. Four months ago, Pete Buttigieg…
Emergency terror laws set to end early prisoner release
The government has this afternoon unveiled its response to the Streatham terrorist incident on Sunday – which saw a man recently…
Donald Trump: social justice warrior
The term ‘social justice warrior’ is usually a pejorative hurled at those who hold socially progressive views, particularly those who take their views to extremes. But there is…
Why Australia-style deal is the new Brexit buzzword in government
As the second round of Brexit negotiations loom with the EU, there’s already talk of an early bust-up coming up…
It’s about time we had cameras in court
I stood up this week and made a speech. I have made speeches like this many times in my 26…
‘We will never return, there is no going back’: the Brexit Day party, as it happened
Remainers were there too. The first people I met at the Brexit Day festivities were opposed to the whole idea.…
The reason our civil service is soft on China
The creation of the National Security Council under David Cameron was supposed to join up parts of British government which…
The UK has left the EU
In practical terms, little has changed tonight. Businesses and citizens here will not feel any real difference in the coming…
Impeachment has proved the Democrats are no longer democrats
The Senate is not going to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, and to all appearances the…
Ignore the Brexit day party poopers – it’s time to celebrate
Don’t gloat. Don’t be too triumphalist. Don’t wave your flags too boisterously. Don’t say or do anything that might offend…
The impeachment ‘sea change’ shows Trump can beat anyone in 2020
I address you, Dear Reader, from some 36,000 feet above the fruited plain. But since, before embarking, news that Sen.…
Lamar Alexander clears the way for an unbound Trump
Lamar Alexander said that Donald Trump engaged in ‘inappropriate’ behavior as though he had yelled at a guest at a…
You call this ‘abuse of power’?
By impeaching Donald Trump on December 18, 2019, the House of Representatives declared that the offenses contained in the articles…
