Month: January 2017

Perhaps a counter-intuitive observation, but Trump’s nearest bedfellow in the UK, apart from the obvious Farage, is Jeremy Corbyn. Like Trump, Corbyn is a populist “anti-politician”, although his populism only extends to his own membership and a handful of left radicals in the population outside it. Despite being on the left rather than the right, Corbyn agrees with… Continue reading Corbyn, Trump and Churchill

Coming hot on the heels of that of Jamie Reed, the resignation of Tristram Hunt may not be a huge surprise to many. A decent and politically-sensible member of the House, if not the obvious next leader he was sometimes billed as. In the end, it is perhaps inevitably those who least see politics as… Continue reading The by-election boom is a flashing red light for Labour

It seems like a statement of the blindingly obvious but, during the current calm of the Obama fin-de-siècle, and before the storm which the Trump inauguration is likely to kick off, it seems like America has almost forgotten itself. The impact of the outsider’s November victory has temporarily become 2016’s giant elephant in the room.… Continue reading Trump will change world geopolitics for the worse