Donald Trump
American Notebook
I have been driving many hundreds of miles across America, interviewing Vietnam veterans for a book. Though I have been…
Portrait of the week
Home An official analysis by the Cabinet Office said that if Britain left the EU it would lead to a…
Diary
Just as the presidential race in America started to get really crazy, I left for India. On the morning of…
The Spectator’s notes
The government, or at least David Cameron’s bit of it, seems to think that trade is something that takes place…
Land of the Donald
Welcome to Trump’s America, where greed is great and viciousness beautiful
High life
The rich are under attack nowadays, never more so than in America, where The Donald continues to trump his critics,…
Two big hitters leave the crease
Two great men have just bowed out from their chosen trades and it is bloody sad. The New Zealand cricket…
Dealing with The Donald
Don’t blame the voters – this is a monster of the GOP’s making
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said that if Britain left the European Union, France could stop allowing British officials…
Diary
While browsing in Barter Books, the wonderful secondhand bookshop in Alnwick that is fast becoming a national institution, I came…
How Bernie trumps Hillary
They’re both very old, but Sanders won the youth vote
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, made a speech in Wiltshire about a letter from Donald Tusk, the president of…
The Donald isn’t dead yet
If Donald Trump had won in Iowa on Monday night, everybody would still be saying what a brilliant candidate he…
High life
The Dolly Sisters were off to Davos last week for the World Economic Forum: Nat Rothschild and Sebastian Taylor in…
The centre-right is failing world-wide – so what’s the secret of Cameron’s success?
There are times when Westminster’s obsession with US politics is embarrassing for even the strongest believer in the Anglo-American relationship.…
The Trump phenomenon
‘The Donald’ is winning because he is angrier than his rivals
Lashing out in all directions
Trump denounces Muslims, Mexicans… and millionaires
America Notebook
I am writing on the morning that President Obama is to deliver his last State of the Union address. You,…
High life
This is going to be one hell of a year, hell being the operative word. It will be the year…
What’s wrong with Hillary
A Trump vs Clinton tussle for the US presidency is now likely. She can’t be that bad . . . can she?
Christmas Notebook
As I strolled through the aisles in a large department store, I almost choked when I read a large display…
High life
New York Things turn very frivolous around this time of year. Barf-inducing parties given by pop-culture schlock merchants selling their…
Donald Trump and the Republican cabaret show
Washington DC A friend of mine asked his father, aged 82: ‘Dad, at this stage of life, what do you…
Long life
It is hardly uncommon for politicians to lie, especially when their careers are threatened by a sexual transgression — John…
I’m not surprised that my friend Donald Trump is leading in the polls
As everyone knows, journalists tend to take themselves seriously, especially American journalists, who take themselves very, very seriously. Dan Rather…
