Donald Trump
Might England just do it in the World Cup?
The World Cup has never been just a football tournament. Even if we don’t realise it at the time, it…
Are hostilities in Iran really about to cease?
Donald Trump is trying to wriggle out of his self imposed Strait-jacket. After a renewed round of bombing Iran and…
UFC Freedom 250 is straight from the ‘bread-and-circuses’ playbook
What can we expect from this weekend’s UFC event on the White House lawn? There is a more than good…
Trump’s ballroom drone port is no joke
When Donald Trump unveiled plans for a counter-drone installation on the roof of the new White House ballroom, critics called…
Russia won’t give up Armenia without a fight
How do you fight an election if you’re under house arrest? If you’re the Russian-Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan, once the…
Cuba is next on Trump’s hit list
It’s hot in Havana. The summer’s electrical storms have arrived, lighting up the sky, while down on the ground we’ve…
How Iran turned Trump’s propaganda against him
On 19 November 1941, King George and Queen Elizabeth paid a visit to Woburn Abbey, home of Britain’s covert propaganda…
Portrait of the week: Tony Blair intervenes, Peter Murrell pleads guilty and temperatures hit a May high
Home Sir Tony Blair, the former Labour prime minister, said in a 5,700-word essay: ‘The Labour party is playing with…
Are Trump and Netanyahu heading for a showdown?
Depending on which day it is, the ongoing peace talks between the United States and Iran are either a few…
Why are Trump’s would-be assassins so forgettable?
Another weekend, another failed and frankly pathetic attempt to kill the President of the United States. On February 22, a…
Portrait of the week: Streeting resigns, HS2 stalls and ebola spreads to Uganda
Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, found his position challenged after Wes Streeting resigned as Health Secretary. At the…
Trump’s NATO troop reduction isn’t Europe’s biggest problem
Before Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, there were many commentators who sought to sanitize the President.…
Why Trump is wobbling on restarting the Iran war
Donald Trump was for the Iran war before he was against it. His latest post on social media about the conflict indicated that…
Donald Trump and the delusion at the heart of the EU
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggests to a classroom full of youngsters that Donald Trump has been “humiliated” by his war…
How the Saudis wriggled out of the Iran conflict
Some of the highest-paid sportsmen in history, the golfers of the LIV league, had bad news recently. Saudi Arabia said…
Did the Trump/Xi summit achieve anything?
Air Force One is in the air as I write, whizzing from Beijing back to Washington – and Donald Trump…
The incredible case of Dr. Gorka
One of P.G. Wodehouse’s best-known characters, after Jeeves and Wooster, is Roderick Spode: fascist leader and secret purveyor of fine…
America’s Trump card in China
The Trump administration has released a list of CEOs who will be accompanying the president to his meeting in China…
Joe Biden’s memoir will humiliate him
Just before writing this piece, I saw Gary Oldman in a London production of Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape. For…
Portrait of the week: Golders Green attacked, borrowing costs soar and rat virus hits cruise ship
Home Two Jewish men aged 76 and 34 were stabbed in Golders Green, north London. Essa Suleiman, 45, a British…
Queen Camilla’s unusual phone app
And so to the White House for a ringside seat at the Trump circus. Another assassination attempt on the President…
Don’t blame Trump for food price hikes and cancelled flights
In the hierarchy of factors that will make consumers curse politicians and company bosses this summer, food price inflation probably…
It’s the corruption, stupid!
There’s been a change of mood across the country – and not one that is favorable to the GOP. Last…
The inverted imperialism of the royal visit
It’s hard not to feel sorry for Christian Turner, the UK’s new ambassador in Washington. He’s only been in post…
Portrait of the week: Starmer avoids ethics inquiry, Birmingham’s bin strikes end and Trump is targeted by a gunman
Home The House of Commons voted 335 to 223 against a Conservative-led motion to refer Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime…
