There could never be a German Boris Johnson
Germany’s Die Welt asked me to tell its readers how on earth someone like Boris Johnson could become prime minister.…
The verdict that brings hope to parents of disabled people
A spark of humanity flickered in the courts today as they lifted a cruel, ill-thought through and counter productive restriction…
Why Tories are hooked on Boris Johnson
Modern politicians are like drug dealers intent on keeping their clients’ hooked. They sell fixes to their core voters: upping…
Boris Johnson is Theresa May in drag
Boris Johnson seems the opposite of Theresa May. The worst thing she ever did was run through a wheat field.…
Boris Johnson: everything about you is phoney
Rather rashly, Boris Johnson published The Churchill factor: How one man made history in 2015. It was without historical merit,…
What the People’s Vote campaign should do about Jeremy Corbyn
The remain campaign’s political dilemma looks insoluble. Perhaps I am being overly pessimistic – gloom is my default state –…
Do Brexit Party supporters know who they are really voting for?
When people challenge my opinions I shrug, said Vladimir Nabokov. When people challenge my facts, I reach for my dictionary.…
The twisted truth about Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party
Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party pretends to stand for the traditional values of old England: Parliamentary sovereignty, patriotism and decency. However little…
Which party will fight the rise of Nigel Farage?
Who will fight the British far right? The centre right, the left, the liberals? The European elections are giving Nigel…
Richard Madeley, Brexit and the new conspiracism
A lot of people are saying that you are having an affair. I don’t know if they’re right. It’s not…
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have been undone by Brexit
One could almost look on Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn and see a story of frustrated love. They could be…
Brexit has destroyed the barriers between the centre and far right
Dogs might not bark because, as Sherlock Holmes observed, there’s no reason to bark when they see their master. Alternatively,…
The campaign to boycott the extremists who peddle fake news
An advertising boycott is attacking the finances of fake-news sites. Major brands are pulling out, and panic is spreading among…
Labour’s anti-Semitism crisis can never be solved under Corbyn
If racism is to succeed in corrupting institutions and countries it needs authorisation from the elite. The popular caricature of…
A pincer movement is closing around Jeremy Corbyn
Chaos theory’s assertion that tiny changes can have dramatic effects is being vindicated with a vengeance in Westminster. If not…
What would George Orwell make of the Brexit right?
I don’t believe in turning George Orwell’s writing into Holy Scripture – he would have hated the reverence as much…
This is Brexit’s La La Land moment
From Venezuela to Zimbabwe, the noise that defines failing states is the wail. It’s not our fault, their leaders cry.…
Snobs and mobs agree on the cost of a second referendum
Britain moved a step close to Weimar yesterday when the Prime Minister used the threat of terrorism to get her…
What Corbyn’s far left has in common with Trump and the Brexit right
Even though Jeremy Corbyn and the men and women who support him are often shabby and occasionally reactionary figures, the…
How much longer can Orbán's apologists ignore what he's doing to Hungary?
Hungary is the Venezuela of the Western right. Just as radical leftists revealed the emptiness of their concern for the…
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