James David Vance is the epitome of what so many Europeans loathe about America: brash, insular, moralising and imperious. And yet — even more annoyingly — like America itself, he combines this with intelligence, education, wealth and, ultimately, power. Vance …
The method in Trump’s mad messaging
Ensuring that lawmakers are “on-message” — dutifully singing from the same hymn-sheet in the daily round of briefings and interviews — has long been key to political communications. In the Nineties, when New Labour began its rise to power, MPs …
Trump’s Ukraine power play
“I’m working tirelessly to end the savage conflict in Ukraine. Millions of Ukrainians and Russians have been needlessly killed or wounded in this horrific and brutal conflict with no end in sight. The United States has sent hundreds of billions …
Trump is no friend of the Afrikaners
“Our path to America is wide open!” That was my cousin’s joking response to the news that she could claim refugee status in the United States. She lives on a farm in Gauteng, South Africa, where her husband grows vegetables …
Democrats are wasting a populist moment
The start of President Trump’s second term has produced the expected shock and awe. From the new détente with Russia to severe, sometimes lawless, budget cuts imposed by Elon Musk’s DOGE, the appetite for disruption far exceeds what was glimpsed …
How Britpoppers killed patriotism
Are the Britpoppers okay? Britain’s distinctive post-boomer bulge generation, they of Jamie Oliver, the 00s London property boom, Posh Twee and “proper chips”, Bloasis and floral shirts and gentrifying Hackney, have gone bananas en masse.
Over the weekend, Trump and …
Britain’s information war on America
European and British politicians appeared shocked by J.D. Vance’s blunt speech in Munich last month. The US Vice President declared Washington’s top security concern to be “the threat from within” the Nato alliance and castigated assembled leaders for their increasingly …
Europe’s reckless bid for victory
Donald Trump wants peace, now. Volodymyr Zelensky and his European supporters want victory, later. This is what the very public disagreement in the Oval Office on Friday was all about. Peace through victory — essentially the Second World War model …
The true cost of Net Zero
If you think your energy bill is already high, brace yourself. Labour may have promised a Net Zero electricity system that would cut average bills by £300 — but as new research reveals, the opposite is going to happen. We …
Trump’s angry imperialism
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” observed Joan Didion. Yet politicians are different. They tell stories not so much to live, but to survive. Stories give leaders an aura of purpose and control, imbuing their decisions with great …
Pete Hegseth and the defence revolution
“It was just a fucking mess.” That’s how Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s new Defense Secretary, describes America’s post-9/11 wars. We are aboard his plane, flying home to Washington from Guantanamo Bay, where he had spent the day overseeing migrant-removal operations. …
World War 3
Is this the start of World War 3? Watch on Youtube HERE.
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The Death of Ownership
Are we witnessing the death of ownership? Is inheritance already a thing of the past? Watch on Youtube HERE.
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Donald Trump is a Dickensian rogue
Just like a Shakespearean villain, Trump seems ready to break all bonds, violate all constraints and transgress all boundaries. He is a rogue on the rampage, tearing up contracts and faithless to all around him, appearing to acknowledge no restraint …
Why Baathism was doomed
As well as the most persistent of revolutions, Syria’s was also the most total. Over a decade and more of struggle, the Syrian people ousted not just Bashar al-Assad, but also his army and security services, his prisons and surveillance …
