Month: March 2017

  • Will Russia scandal destroy Trump’s presidency?

    Will Russia scandal destroy Trump’s presidency?

    It isn’t everyday that one pities a man whose job is to head the FBI, but surely nobody could envy the political tightrope James Comey has walked these past 18 months and counting. In an ever more partisan environment where both sides seem intent on nothing less than the total destruction of their opponents, pleasing…

  • The Alt-Right is wrong. Wilders won’t become Dutch PM.

    The Alt-Right is wrong. Wilders won’t become Dutch PM.

    Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, you will have heard about a political revolution sweeping the Western world. Brexit and the election of alt-Right hero Donald Trump were driven by the ‘silent majority’ rejecting mass immigration and a globalist agenda, imposed against their will by an out-of-touch political class. A…

  • French Election Odds Update: Alain Juppe poised to land historic gamble

    French Election Odds Update: Alain Juppe poised to land historic gamble

    We thought it could never happen again. That no political market could ever compare to the 2016 US election. One where rumours, scandal and media speculation regularly sparked the most dramatic market moves on people who weren’t even running. One where a main candidate’s participation was in doubt right up to the closing stages. Yet…

  • Gorton offers beleaguered Corbyn some respite

    Gorton offers beleaguered Corbyn some respite

    In the wake of last Thursday’s by-election double-header, the weekend political news cycle primarily concerned the future of Jeremy Corbyn. After losing Copeland after 80 years of Labour rule and holding ultra-safe Stoke-on-Trent Central on a diminished majority, no rational observer could deny the party’s grim mid-term position. However if his internal enemies hoped these…