US presidential election 2016
Why Joe Biden will win tomorrow
Joe Biden is going to win. I have been wrong before. I will be wrong again. And maybe I’m wrong…
The GOP’s Faustian bargain with Trump pays off
I don’t know who is going to win the election. I write this on the fourth anniversary of the Billy Bush Access…
Trump’s inside man
Let’s take stock. Donald Trump, until last week, had never done a government job or held an elected office. He…
The age of Hillary
What to expect if – when – a second Clinton finally hacks her way to the top
Jeeves and the Cap that Fits
A story about Bertie Wooster and a man called The Donald, with apologies to P.G. Wodehouse
Diary
I am no admirer of Donald Trump — not because he is a doomsayer and professional patriot but because he…
The Greek Donald Trump
Why does the Republican party loathe Donald Trump? Because Trump is the ultimate loose cannon, beholden to no one. And…
Diary
Killing time in a Heathrow first-class lounge, I notice how many men adopt an unmistakable ‘first-class lounge’ persona. They stand…
American Notebook
I have been driving many hundreds of miles across America, interviewing Vietnam veterans for a book. Though I have been…
Diary
Just as the presidential race in America started to get really crazy, I left for India. On the morning of…
Dealing with The Donald
Don’t blame the voters – this is a monster of the GOP’s making
Diary
While browsing in Barter Books, the wonderful secondhand bookshop in Alnwick that is fast becoming a national institution, I came…
Sorry, America, but it looks like Joe Biden is your next president
I have a sinking feeling that Joe Biden might be the next president of the United States. In a brilliant…
Why Carly Fiorina (probably) can’t save the Republicans
Is Carly Fiorina the woman to see off Donald Trump – and Hillary Clinton?
The man to stop Trump
Republican surprise package Dr Ben Carson has an amazing story to tell. Asking him about policy is a little harder
Iowa notebook
The Iowa State Fair ‘Donnnaaallldd!!! Donnnaaaaallldd!!!’ Donald Trump was surrounded by fans. He looked happy. He took a bite out of…
How Hillary can win it – for the Republicans
New York Remember the fizz around Gordon Brown’s election campaign in 2010? The excitement he brought to the trail? The…
The Trump slump
Once the Republicans end their embarrassing summer romance, they’re surprisingly well placed to beat Hillary Clinton
Hillary’s left turn
If you want to be the Democratic nominee, it’s populism or bust
The quiet revolutionary
Rand Paul combines a dull, reassuring manner with a Ukip-like insurgent appeal. It could take him to the presidency
