Headaches of a Special Relationship
The Special Relationship has its downsides. There is no doubt that there is a special relationship between Britain and the United States. There are heavy…
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Finds Her Trump Card
Tax. That was it. Tax! It’s hard to believe after months of debate, countless millions of words written about the gnarly character of the man,…
Sex, lies & Bill and other dirty words
To begin: a piece of political and movie miscellany that might have fallen through the cracks in your general knowledge. Did you know that the…
Wisconsin where nothing happened
It was one of those remarkable nights of the American election when little of note really happened. After a bruising week, Donald Trump could feel moderately grateful…
Guest Writer: Trump To Beat Clinton! Here’s Why.
As the US Presidential race begins to heat up, it appears that both the Republican and Democratic party nominees are all but decided. After…
Some notes and a few queries about Super Tuesday
You’ll have to forgive me. Super Tuesday in the US meant a late Tuesday here in the UK and even black coffee has failed to…
What just happened in Iowa?
Forget corn and Christians. Iowa’s most famous export might now be hubris, delivered by tractor to the loading bay doors of Donald Trump’s 757 late…
Mandelson and the Clinton Emails
When you get up close and impersonal in industries in which people take themselves incredibly seriously, say politics, and, oh, perhaps journalism, you get to…
Clinton, Cameron, Emails, and Context
If you were to read a headline telling you that ‘Hillary Clinton’s Emails Deride Cameron’ you might expect to read a story about Clinton deriding…