After Biden: what the Democrats should do now
President Joe Biden – who has announced that he will not run for re-election – has served the United States…
Is this the letter that persuaded Biden to resign?
There are rare few quiet days in politics and today is not one of them. Tonight President Joe Biden has…
Seven key reactions to Biden dropping out
Well, it’s finally happened. After all the speculation, the spin and the denials, Joe Biden has today, finally, announced he…
Biden’s media sycophants are the biggest losers of him stepping aside
The speed at which politics moves in 2024 is enough to give the American citizenry a massive case of whiplash.…
Kamala Harris is a more formidable opponent for Trump
On Sunday Joe Biden bowed to the inevitable in withdrawing from the presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.…
Biden withdraws from the 2024 race
After weeks of pressure from Democratic party insiders, Joe Biden has finally said he won’t seek re-election. ‘I have decided…
Time for Republicans to run as if they could lose
It’s Joever. The president of the United States has announced that he is out of the race and thrown his…
Biden has ended his reelection bid. What comes next?
President Joe Biden finally announced Sunday that he would not seek reelection weeks after a disastrous debate performance against former…
Decolonisation destroys knowledge
In 1945, British author George Orwell said, ‘One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no…
Victoria’s government is rotting away
Putrefaction anywhere is generally unwelcome, but when it occurs in government it’s particularly nauseating. We not only have to bear…
Labour won’t spend outside fiscal rules, says Reeves
Chancellor Reeves adamant she will ‘make sure the sums add up’ Rachel Reeves gave an interview with Laura Kuenssberg this…
Will Labour give in to Sinn Féin’s demands?
It’s not often that Irish republican party Sinn Féin hosts events in London, but the group included the UK capital…
Starmer facing rebellion over two-child benefit cap
Uh oh. While Sir Keir Starmer’s popularity has had a post-election bounce (with an approval rating now at 19 per…
Will Reeves boost public sector pay?
As the dust around the election settles, a question Tory MPs and supporters still grapple with is why Rishi Sunak…
Israel hits back at Houthi drone attack
Operation Long Arm, the code name for Israel’s counter-terror strikes in Yemen, sends a message almost as forceful as the…
A bone to pick with Biden
Permit me a timely if controversial ‘dog with a bone’ essay, in which I play the dog. Here’s the bone:…
The Soviet Union’s gerontocracy should serve as a warning to the US
One waspish – but not entirely inaccurate – Russian media assessment of the first US presidential debate was that it…
Trump returns to the campaign trail in Michigan with VP pick Vance
Donald Trump and his freshly announced running mate, Senator J.D. Vance, held their first rally together Saturday in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Following…
The dark side of Strictly Come Dancing
Wallowing in the cosy entertainment of Strictly Come Dancing has been a staple Saturday evening ritual for millions during the…
China’s Arctic ambitions should trouble the West
Four Chinese warships were spotted off the coast of Alaska last weekend. According to the US coast guard, the ships…
The Trump attack and the death of consensus
Assassination attempts are the boiling point at which politics explodes. They are the final straw, the irascible tension when consensus…
Germany will regret cutting Ukraine aid
It wasn’t so long ago that the German chancellor Olaf Scholz tried to convince fellow European leaders to do more…
Have we finished creating gods?
Since the earliest times, mankind has been creating gods to deal with unexplained phenomena. To the ancient Egyptians, the mere…
Will the Paris Olympics be the final nail in Macron’s coffin?
The mayor of Paris went for a swim in the Seine on Wednesday and emerged invigorated. The water, said Anne…
Joe Biden and the truth about old age
Observing the tremulous travails of Joe Biden, I reflected that we’re in two minds about old age. On one hand…
