Over the United States’ memorial day weekend, a convention took place in Orlando, Florida. Attendees saw an overweight man strip down to his underwear on stage, an anti-virus software company chief snogging his wife, and a man with a rubber boot on his head holding up pieces of toast with his face on them. Oh, […]
Seven years after being commissioned, with 150 witnesses heard, over 150,000 documents scrutinised, and more than ten million pounds spent, the Iraq Inquiry will finally be released on July 6th this year. The long-awaited report on Britain’s role in the Iraq War is set to tell a devastating tale of astonishing incompetence. ‘Chilcot’ the play, […]
In order to stand a chance of beating Hillary Clinton to the presidency in November, Donald Trump is well aware of the need to broaden his appeal. On his way to becoming the presumptive Republican nominee, he gained the support of angry, disillusioned white men, and made enemies with just about everyone else. Trump’s divisive […]
From the ornate curtains of The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, to the picture-perfect row of American flags behind him, Donald Trump’s speech meant more than just foreign policy. Speaking just half a mile from the White House, his podium reading a more mature slogan ‘In the National Interest’, changed from the usual tabloid ‘Make America […]
Late on Sunday night, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich announced that they are coordinating their efforts in three upcoming primaries in order to prevent Donald Trump from winning the GOP presidential nomination. Kasich has agreed to pull out of Indiana to give Cruz “a clear path” to the winner-takes-all primary on […]
Every now and then a politician says something which leaves them wide open: if not to a deadly blow, at least to a sharp strike of pain and embarrassment. Donald Trump had been waiting to inflict that punch on Senator Ted Cruz since January, and he took great pleasure in unleashing it at his Long […]
Saturday’s prime time ABC debate was a disaster for Senator Marco Rubio. Emerging out of Iowa as a frontrunner for the nomination, the pressure was always going to turn towards the young senator, and he collapsed under its force. With attacks coming in from all sides, Rubio came across as lightweight, struggling to improvise – […]
On Sunday 13th September 2015, moderate Labour MPs and members woke up in their beds, longing to be told that the result announced the day before was some horrible nightmare. A left-wing 200-1 outsider had surged to victory to become Labour party leader. Across the pond, thousands of Americans are just weeks away from deciding […]
As President Obama enters his final year in office, there’s one issue that he refers to as the “greatest frustration” of his presidency: gun control. The latest high-profile mass shooting took place in San Bernardino, California, claiming the lives of 14 people. It was the deadliest attack on American soil since Adam Lanza opened fire […]
In his campaign statement last night, Donald Trump called for a “total complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States”. Greeted by widespread outrage, his statement is just the latest in an ugly and divisive immigration debate that rages on ahead of 2016. In a nation of immigrants, the issue is not just a political or economic […]
