Republicans
Mad men plotting
Fifteen years ago, A.M. Homes published The Mistress’s Daughter, an explosive, painful account of how she met her birth mother,…
Colin Powell: A great man – and a failure
My memory of Colin Powell feels personal, even though we were 6000 miles apart at the time. I was in…
Will the G7 tax deal survive?
What are the chances of the G7’s agreement on a minimum rate of corporation tax actually coming into effect? While…
Republican resurrection
When Donald Trump took his famous escalator ride, the Republican party was too attached to abstract principles at the expense of the material interests of…
What if this election had been COVID-free?
Imagine there’s no COVID. It’s not that easy even if you try. The pandemic fogs up everything now. But it’s…
Republicans can’t make up their minds on how to save Trump from impeachment
It didn’t take long after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of an impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump for the…
Trump may be stupid or crazy, but the people enabling him are neither
Like every journalist in Washington, I’m enthralled by the new Michael Wolff book, Fire and Fury, which depicts Donald Trump…
What does ‘Guernica’ really symbolise?
It takes a bold author to open his book about ‘Guernica’ with a quotation from the Spanish artist Antonio Saura…
Why Trump prevailed
The political climate that brought about his rise is in fact a worldwide phenomenon
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…
What fun it will be if Trump becomes president
I suppose spite and schadenfreude are thinnish reasons, intellectually, for wishing Donald Trump to become the next American president (and…
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
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?
The Trump slump
Once the Republicans end their embarrassing summer romance, they’re surprisingly well placed to beat Hillary Clinton
Where Ukip went wrong
Nigel Farage’s special relationship with an American website, and its part in his party’s sudden meltdown
Republicans running amok
Taking control of both houses of Congress may hand the presidency to Hillary Clinton in 2016
Clinton vs Bush – again
American politics looks increasingly like an oligarchy
