Joe Biden

Trump misses Biden

24 August 2024 9:00 am

Chicago Everyone in the Democrats’ Convention centre – a bleakly corporate sports stadium on the edge of Chicago – is…

Will the real Kamala Harris please stand up?

3 August 2024 9:00 am

About five minutes ago, the one Democrat more certain to lose to Donald Trump than Joe Biden was his widely…

Portrait of the week: IT meltdown, riots in Leeds and the wrong kind of pandemic

27 July 2024 9:00 am

Home Britain enjoyed its share of the worldwide failure of 8.5 million computers reliant on Microsoft, through a faulty update…

The mystery of Melania Trump

27 July 2024 9:00 am

While everybody at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee was preoccupied with Donald Trump’s triumphal story after the assassination attempt…

Joe Biden’s legacy is one of failure

22 July 2024 4:10 pm

He resisted as they tried to force him away. He showed his defiance. Then, after a struggle, he gave in…

Republicans shouldn’t underestimate Kamala Harris

22 July 2024 7:49 am

Joe Biden has bowed to the inevitable in withdrawing from the presidential race and endorsing his Vice President, Kamala Harris.…

The cognitive dissonance of the Democrats

20 July 2024 9:00 am

Believe it or not, I planned to write the gist of this column before Saturday night. However, a caveat. Unlike…

Portrait of the Week: Starmer’s first steps, Biden’s wobble and Australia’s egg shortage

13 July 2024 9:00 am

Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, appointed several ministers who are not MPs, but will be created life peers.…

Real Biden has crashed – but Artificial Biden is just getting started

9 July 2024 7:15 pm

Everybody knows that Joe Biden isn’t really there. His denials of ill-health are in fact a symptom of it –…

Biden is as big a narcissist as Trump

6 July 2024 9:00 am

The dullest assertion you can make about Donald Trump is that he’s a narcissist who has no interest in the…

Calm down, it’s a joke

6 July 2024 9:00 am

I have never been a contributor to Twitter, partly because my comments would not be subjected to the intensive hygiene…

Jill Biden’s relentless pursuit of power

6 July 2024 9:00 am

At rallies, Joe Biden often speaks after his wife. ‘My name is Joe Biden and I’m Jill’s husband,’ he begins.…

Can the Democrats drop Joe Biden?

29 June 2024 4:01 pm

After his disastrous outing against Donald Trump on Thursday evening, Joe Biden’s surrogates are scrambling to salvage something from the…

Joe Biden’s debate disaster

28 June 2024 5:25 pm

The Democrats wanted and needed a compelling performance from Joe Biden last night: a rebuttal to the concerns about his…

Trump has stolen a march on Biden

20 April 2024 9:00 am

The Democrats dare to hope that this week will be a study in contrasts. On their side stands President Joe…

Beware pathological niceness

16 March 2024 9:00 am

When so many polls suggest that restricting mass immigration would be to politicians’ electoral advantage, voters in the West are…

Joe Biden’s dog is out of control

2 March 2024 9:00 am

I was shocked to read about the behaviour of Joe Biden’s dog, Commander. According to a CNN report based on…

Joe Biden’s Middle East diplomacy is a wreck

19 October 2023 12:44 am

Joe Biden prides himself on his decades of foreign-policy experience, his ability to talk tough yet be kind, and his…

Emergency on Planet Biden

30 September 2023 9:00 am

‘If aliens attacked Earth, do you think we would be safer under Joe Biden or Donald Trump?’ That’s a question…

Trumpvision: He’s making America watch again

26 August 2023 9:00 am

Trump no longer needs the TV networks

In praise of minding your own business

12 August 2023 9:00 am

  Athens   With energy bordering on the demonic, I strut around an ancient stadium trying to make up for…

Letters: Biden is alienating Britain

22 July 2023 9:00 am

Joe Shmoe Sir: Your piece ‘Not so special’ (Leading article, 8 July) was right. Joe Biden doesn’t like us and…

Joe Biden is not OK

1 July 2023 9:00 am

One of the most reliable standards in international comedy has long been the outstanding ineloquence of American politicians. In this…

Does Biden actually care about gay rights?

31 May 2023 3:40 am

Joseph Robinette Biden, a practising Catholic, has travelled a long way when it comes to gay rights. In 1996, as Senator…