Published by The i paper (4th September, 2023) Chuck Grassley was born in 1933 to a rural family living in a farmhouse with no electricity or indoor plumbing. […]
Europe / Russia / United States / World
Prigozhin’s death exposes a weak despot
Published by The i paper (28th August, 2023) There is a famous story from his childhood that Vladimir Putin has repeated often and seen spun by his propagandists […]
United States / World
A new threat to American democracy
Published by The i paper (17th July, 2023) It seems extraordinary that Donald Trump remains the runaway favourite to win the Republican Party nomination for next year’s White […]
Europe / Politics / Russia / United States / World
Three ageing male egomaniacs, clinging to power
Published by The i paper (12th June, 2023) Headlines over the weekend were dominated by three ageing male egomaniacs. They are all desperate to cling to power as […]
United States / World
Biden’s record is more impressive than Obama’s – but he is making a mistake by running again
Published by The I newspaper (24th April, 2023) Muddling up New Zealand’s rugby team with a British paramilitary unit from the past that was infamous for its brutality […]
Technology / United States / World
Our age of false prophets
Published by The i paper (8th August, 2022) Nine days after Donald Trump was ousted from the White House by voters in the US, I found myself reporting […]
Arts / Books / United States / World
Seeing red
Published by The Spectator (11th December, 2021) Wildland: the Making of America’s Fury by Evan Osnos (Bloomsbury) After leaving college more than two decades ago, Evan Osnos landed […]
United States / World
The Capitol riots reach beyond Trump
Published by The i paper (11th January, 2011) John McCain was one of the most decent Republican leaders this century. He was a man who proved his strength […]
United States / World
Stoking divisions to the end
Published by The i paper (16th November, 2020) The crowd charged down the street. Then there were shouts, scuffles and some nasty-sounding thuds. As the police cleared the […]
United States / World
The trauma of Trump is over
Published by The i paper (9th November, 2020) For a brief moment, it felt like another country. First came a black woman standing before the United States of […]
United States / World
The war is not over
Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th November, 2020) The mood outside the Philadelphia counting centre was ebullient, with balloons, banners and music blasting out and scores of […]
United States / World
The casual corrosion of democracy
Published by UnHerd ((5th November, 2020) Shortly before 10pm yesterday, I was wandering along the boarded up streets of Washington towards the White House. I passed people dancing […]