President Obama bid farewell to Europe this week, nine months ahead of his departure from the Oval Office in January. After insulting the British people with his rude and reckless remarks about the UK being at the “back of the queue” for a free trade deal with America if they dare vote to leave the […]
President Obama has been no friend to Britain. His presidency has overseen the weakening of the Special Relationship, a byproduct of Obama’s general lack of respect for America’s allies. In many respects, Barack Obama has been the most anti-British US president of modern times, siding with Argentina over the Falklands, removing a bust of Sir […]
President Obama is no supporter of Brexit. Just as David Cameron is warning of grave consequences for Britain if it leaves the European Union – floods of migrants crossing the English Channel, economic isolation, heightened terrorism risks – the American president has told the British people that Brexit is against US interests and will weaken […]
The lifting of international sanctions against Iran last month following the Vienna nuclear agreement has led to a bonanza of European investment deals with Tehran. Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani, has boasted of a “new spring” in relations with the European Union, and was recently feted on his visits to Paris and Rome. In the past […]
There is good news this week for supporters of free markets and limited government. The latest Heritage Foundation/ Wall Street Journal Index of Economic Freedom, released in Washington on Monday, shows that overall global economic freedom has increased again this year, for the fourth year in row. As the report’s authors note, “the free market […]
In his eye-opening BBC interview with Andrew Marr on Sunday, Jeremy Corbyn further underscored why he would be a disaster as British Prime Minister if he ever took the reins of Downing Street. In addition to his ludicrous argument that Britain’s Trident nuclear submarines should patrol the seas without actually being armed with nuclear weapons, […]
President Obama ran late in delivering his annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. This was par for the course for a presidency with a well-earned reputation for sloppy management and poor attention to detail. But mercifully the president’s remarks were relatively brief, running a mere 59 minutes in comparison […]
Is the Anglo-American Special Relationship over? Yes, says Walter Ellis in his recent thought-provoking piece. I beg to disagree. Instead, we should be optimistic about the future of the US-UK alliance, even as so much depends on direction of US foreign policy post-presidential election and Britain’s future relationship with Europe. An America that returns to […]
1. American Sniper One of the greatest war films since Saving Private Ryan, director Clint Eastwood’s visceral retelling of the life of sniper Chris Kyle was a huge hit in the United States, pulling in $350 million at the box office. Unashamedly patriotic, with a superb performance by Bradley Cooper, American Sniper is a powerful […]
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to lift the 40 year-long ban on crude oil exports last month. The White House has already threatened to veto the measure if it passes the Senate. U.S. energy policy remains stuck in the 1970s, when tight restrictions were imposed by Washington on the export of US crude oil […]
Barack Obama’s primetime address from the Oval Office last night will do nothing to reassure the American people in the wake of the biggest terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11. After 14 Californians were slaughtered by Islamist radicals in San Bernardino last week, President Obama offered nothing in the way of a new strategy […]
British bombers will likely strike ISIS targets in Syria before the end of this week if Parliament votes in favour on Wednesday. This is the right message to send in the wake of the barbaric Islamist terrorist attacks on Paris last month which claimed at least 130 lives. The House of Commons debate follows the […]
The contrast between Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his Conservative counterpart could not have been stronger. In the House of Commons on Monday, the Prime Minister laid out his vision for how Great Britain would face an array of challenges in an increasingly dangerous world. As David Cameron outlined the new Strategic Defence and Security […]
For decades, Germany has been the dominant power in continental Europe, the driving force behind the European Project, the heart of the Eurozone, and the economic powerhouse of the EU. In addition to having the biggest economy in Europe, Germany possesses the largest population in the European Union, currently standing at 80 million. Since her […]
Prior to the release of Spectre, the number one film in America for four of the past five weeks was The Martian, Ridley Scott’s visually stunning adaptation of the bestselling book by Andy Weir. Set in the near future, the film tells the gripping tale of how an American astronaut, named Mark Watney, survives several […]
Is there no end to the meddling by the Obama administration in the internal affairs of the British people? The latest unwelcome intervention comes from US Trade Representative Michael Froman, who has warned categorically that Britain would be lumped with the likes of China or Brazil and face the same tariff barriers, with no prospect […]
Last week in Manchester, Britain’s conservatives celebrated an extraordinary election victory. In May, against all odds, the Conservative Party won an outright majority in Parliament for the first time since 1992. The election decimated the Liberal Democrats as a political force and prompted a leftward death spiral within the Labour Party. It was a pitiful […]
Barack Obama has delivered seven major addresses to the UN General Assembly during his tenure at the White House – he will give his final address next year before departing office in January 2017. Much like his campaign appearances, Obama’s UN speeches contain a great deal of fanciful, soaring rhetoric, but little of actual substance. […]
Jeremy Corbyn is hardly a household name in the United States, but his election win has raised eyebrows on this side of the Atlantic, and has been prominently featured on the pages of The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The New York Times. With good reason, there is growing nervousness in Washington in […]
Barack Obama relishes heading an imperial-style presidency, lecturing the American people on what is supposedly good for them, on every conceivable issue from healtcare to climate change. He seemingly has little time for Congressional or public opinion these days, as he has demonstrated with his hugely unpopular Iran nuclear deal, which he has already inked […]
