Obama
Books Podcast: Ben Rhodes and what it was like to work for Obama
In this week’s Spectator Books, I’m talking to a man who has spent more time on Air Force One than…
Confirmed: Cameron did ask Obama to say Brexit Britain would be ‘back of the queue’
When Barack Obama warned Brits on a visit to the UK ahead of the EU referendum that a vote for…
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…
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 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…
‘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…