Mandelson is the wrong man, at the wrong time
It’s hard to imagine the Trump administration warmly welcoming a figure who has shown such disdain and disrespect for the president
Trump administration
Monday
Sunday
The Trump effect will benefit Farage – and cost the Tories
The Tories were gifted their version of Trump’s great realignment five years ago. They blew it
Friday
Oligarchy dies in the light
Jeff Bezos is just one of a number of once-hostile gazillionaires who are now lining up to honor the Donald
Monday
How to negotiate with Russians
Putin is impervious to mere persuasion
Is this the end for the luxury believers?
Politics is often called ‘showbiz for ugly people’ — but the ugliness of showbiz people came to the forefront in this election
Friday
Trump has put Trudeau in a very difficult position
The Canadian prime minister is nowhere near as ideologically sharp
What Scott Bessent’s appointment means for Trump 2.0
Elon Musk talked down Bessent as the ‘business-as-usual choice,’ but that’s what markets are looking for
Tuesday
Trump’s tariffs threats are going to cause chaos
He is going to break the global trading system — and it will be very hard to put back together afterwards
Monday
The ‘experts’ who enabled RFK Jr’s rise
Those who now bash him should reflect on their own role in making him popular
Saturday
Get ready for Elon Musk’s sex robots
‘It’s the greatest political comeback of all time,’ I told Trump
Britain’s failing statecraft
Ball in Britain’s court, I suppose
Thursday
Why Matt Gaetz backed out of the race to become Trump's attorney general
The question for the Trump Team was mostly about biting off more than they can chew right off the bat
Tuesday
Britain should side with Trump over Europe
The Labour government is instinctively pro-EU
Friday
Trump's RFK Jr appointment is going to cause trouble
‘The Democrats, who claim to care about healthcare, have stood by while other countries banned these poisons that make our kids sick’
Welcome to life on Planet Elon
If America is going to remain the ground-zero of entrepreneurship, innovation and tech, then it is going to have to strip a whole layer of rot from the body politic
Thursday
How Musk, Meloni and Trump are set to define European politics
They may not be in love with each other but Musk and Meloni are in love with each other’s ideas
Wednesday
Why hasn’t Marco Rubio been announced as Trump’s Secretary of State yet?
Trump waited until midweek to announce who’ll get the biggest foreign-policy job
What can we expect from Trump’s defence pick?
In Washington terms, he has no executive or legislative experience
Friday
Not even close: how Trump confounded the pundits
What makes American politics abnormal is that partisanship has become akin to sectarianism
Susie Wiles and the rise of the Floridian right
She understands the Floridian power dynamics better than anyone