Last week, two of the most popular liberal politicians in the world met together in Washington DC and President Obama hosted a White House state dinner in honour of the second Trudeau to be prime minister of Canada.
Earlier that day, Thursday, we asked the YouGov panel of US voters to indicate how much they agreed with certain descriptions of Canada – a nation that Justin Trudeau, song of Pierre, has described as a “sibling” to the USA. Certain descriptions in our survey were a little more serious than others (i.e. the one about maple syrup and the moose!). The panel’s verdicts were, perhaps, predictable and very positive:
There was also good news for Canada from a panel survey we set at the start of the month. We had asked YouGov panelists: “If you couldn’t live in the United States which of the following ten countries would you most be happy to move to?” Canada then Australia were clear winners with Britain and Ireland tied at 10% each.
And what do Americans think, more generally, of Britain? We reported that verdict last month.
President Trump’s imposition of ‘economic D-Day’ against Iran – a series of sanctions against any nation dealing financially with Iran, as well as banks and businesses – has already been dismissed by the usual suspects whose knee jerk response is always to attack any new measures against the Tehran regime. When it comes to Iran, […]
Britain and America have spent a decade arguing about Nimbyism as if it were a housing problem. It is much bigger than that: our inability to build, in a broad sense, has grown into a source of geopolitical weakness. The economic argument has been made already. Growth controls add anywhere from 17% to 38% to […]
‘A Waiter in Paris’ is the story of a young Englishman who graduated from a good university in London with a humanities degree, trained and educated for a world that no longer exists. ‘All while I applied for other, more “prestigious” jobs. Jobs that didn’t appear to exist anymore.’ That’s how Edward Chisholm puts it […]
