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Farewell Obama, a president who promised unity but left a legacy of rancour and division
The irony of Barack Obama’s presidency is that while it began at a time when it seemed America’s fortunes could…
America won’t forget Obama’s message of hope
Those who sneer at Obama for promising more than he could deliver have little understanding of the nature of moral…
What next for Barack Obama?
What is to become of Barack Obama when he retires from the US presidency at the age of 55? I…
Barack Obama: the great unity president who divided a nation
Hillary Clinton can count herself lucky to have Barack Obama cheerleading her bid for the presidency. The outgoing President is…
Bernie Sanders backs Hillary but not all Democrats are happy about it
So after the glorious disunity of the Republican convention, now is the chance for the Democrats to pull together and…
Did Melania Trump just out herself as a Democrat?
There’s no love lost between Donald Trump and Barack Obama. And yet for Melania Trump, the President’s wife Michelle appears to…
Has Obama been watching too much Netflix?
There was something odd about Obama’s ‘back of the queue’ Brexit comment yesterday — and it wasn’t just that he…
The Spectator podcast: Obama’s Brexit overreach
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Coffee House Podcast: Barack Obama’s Brexit intervention
Barack Obama has waded into the Brexit debate but should he be lecturing us about the EU referendum? On this…
Obama tells Britain: EU membership makes you stand taller on the world stage
In agreeing to visit the UK midway through an election campaign, Barack Obama guaranteed controversy. As Tim Montgomerie makes clear in…
The Spectator podcast: Obama’s Brexit overreach
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The EU has become a victim of Obama’s Middle East policy
A Middle Eastern friend put to me the other day a point so big that I felt silly for not…
Why Obama’s Brexit intervention will matter whether we like it or not
It now looks likely that Barack Obama’s visit to London next week will see the President calling on Britain to…
‘Victim blaming’ after terrorist attacks is a pernicious new trend
The term ‘victim blaming’ is most commonly used to describe people who claim that a woman walking out in a…
Another day, and another terror attack that is ‘nothing to do with Islam’
Another day and another group of men from an unknown religion storm into a hotel shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’. This time…
‘Because it’s 2015’ is not a strong line of argument
The suspiciously handsome Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau was asked on Wednesday why it’s important to have a gender balance in…
The summer of Trump may soon be over – but the damage has still been done
They call it the summer of Trump. Only a year ago everyone expected the 2016 presidential election to be a…
The Iran deal heralds a new era for US policy across the Middle East
What is it about a nuclear deal with Iran that induces hysteria in certain quarters of the West? In recent…
Was Netanyahu’s message worth the diplomatic damage it caused?
For weeks before his plane set off for Washington, Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress was exhaustingly analysed here…
Want to understand the conflict in Ukraine? Compare it to Ireland
What seemed this time last year to be a little local difficulty in Ukraine has metastasised to the point where…
The real danger of #CyberJihad is that anybody can get involved
There was a certain irony to the news that @CENTCOM had been hacked yesterday afternoon. While President Obama was giving…
Why Cameron doesn’t want any TV debates
Before Christmas, David Cameron tightened up the rules about ministers going overseas. He wanted them in this country campaigning as…
‘Torture is torture’ ignores the complex nature of intelligence gathering
On Thursday I was on the BBC’s ‘This Week’ to talk about the CIA and torture. It is, for many…
The US steps up its involvement in the war for Iraq
If you want to know how serious the situation in Iraq with Islamic State is, just look at what the…
Meet the two Americans set to steer the next general election
Washington, D.C. David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg – the obvious targets to blame for the disillusionment engulfing British…
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