Delivering the Centre for Policy Studies annual Thatcher lecture at Lancaster House in London on Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke to one of Washington’s most serious foreign policy concerns. Namely, China’s influence over America’s top allies. An ardent Atlanticist, Pompeo was clear that the Trump administration supports Britain. He pledged a continuing commitment […]
As America remembers George H W Bush, expect to hear adoration for the 41st president from as many Democrats as Republicans. Because while it’s true that H W Bush was a true gentleman and proven patriot, he also represented a different time in American politics: a time of politeness. Many would wish to see that […]
As in 2016, the polls were wrong. Sort of. In the run up to Tuesday’s midterm Congressional elections the pollsters had increasingly aligned under the presumption that the Republican Party would retain control of the Senate, and that Democrats would seize control of the House of Representatives. And while Democrats did indeed take the House, […]
It was a week of anger and pain, reflective of America’s creaking political discourse. It began with the attempted delivery last week of numerous explosives-filled packages to the addresses of various senior Democratic Party politicians. The apparent viability of the explosive devices employed, and the evident partisan focus of the attacker quickly sent federal law […]
American politicians and political operatives are never above the law. The plight of President Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, and his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, proves as much. Rarely have we seen such dramatic falls from political grace. In November 2016, Cohen and Manafort had the world at their finger-tips. Important cogs in President […]
Donald Trump’s press conference with Vladimir Putin of Russia on Monday has sparked uproar across the US. Senior political and intelligence figures from both parties have described Trump’s pro-Putin performance as a betrayal of US values and the acquiescence of US interests to an ardent American enemy. They are right to do so. But why […]
Back in January, Britain’s politicians were busy demanding that Donald Trump be banned from entering the country. Now, they’re fretting about how long he took to call them. The UK – and its government in particular – now finds itself in an awkward situation. Like the rest of the world, it viewed the prospect of […]
