America
Whiplash
Hillbilly Elegy is an adaptation of the best-selling memoir, published in 2016, by J.D. Vance and it’s quite a story.…
Portrait of the week
Home Dominic Cummings, the chief adviser to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, left Downing Street after a week in which…
The march of the fascist mushrooms
It has been too long coming. While conscientious and decent liberals have tried to explain why, to their horror, millions…
Thank god for lockdown
Death of England: Delroy is a companion piece to Death of England, which ran in February at the NT and…
What Trump supporters really want
As Democrats’ colossal collective sigh of relief drives wind turbines even over in Britain, let’s not lose sight of the…
The Trump kickback
He may have lost – but his agenda is here to stay
Voters have lost their nerve
Elections teach us nothing. Instead, each tribe dredges succour from the minutiae, proving that they had been right all along.…
Diary
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is a useful stop for journalists looking for some rust-belt Americana not too far from New York. The…
Divided states
Once again, Trump has shown how well he understands America
Diary
American expats have a conundrum on election night: do you stay up to watch the results come in or do…
America sails into the unknown
Washington, DC On election day in the capital there is no thrill in the air, but there is a sound:…
Joe Biden should prepare for gridlock
The Democratic Party was anticipating a blue wave this fall, a victory of such magnitude that Republicans would be spending…
Why the Democrats are still haunted by Florida
As we get closer to the American election, Democrats in swing states like Pennsylvania and Arizona are sounding notes of…
Make America boring again
I just spent £2.50 in postage to bring about one of the last things I want. Specifically, the next-to-last thing…
Portrait of the week
Home Wales, entering a 17-day ‘firebreak’, closed most shops by law but then tried to stop supermarkets selling ‘non-essential’ items…
What America needs
It is remarkably uncommon for a US president to fail to be re-elected. It has happened just twice in the…
Election notebook
Earlier this summer left-wing activists announced a ‘semi-autonomous zone’ in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. Denuded of law enforcement…
‘I lied for Trump, but that doesn’t make me a liar’
Michael Cohen on the cult of The Donald
The transatlantic mask divide
Should we wear our masks? The question has been on my mind as I have been battered that way and…
Election notebook
Americans are, in my experience, the warmest, most kind-hearted and open-minded people in the world. I have found this to…
What was missing from the vice presidential debate
Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris is a former prosecutor. Vice President Mike Pence is a career politician. The debate between…
The US election is Joe Biden’s to lose
Donald Trump is back at the White House after a scary three-day stay at the Walter Reed medical complex. For…
Barometer
Word for word US presidential debates are often traced back to the first televised debate, between Richard Nixon and John…
Letters
Lessons for the government Sir: James Forsyth suggests that the Prime Minister wishes to avoid sounding as if he is…
America in meltdown
What if no one accepts the election result?
