Donald Trump
Inside the room where it happens
John Bolton’s account of his time in the Trump administration gives a damning report of the president’s ignorance
A New Civil War? Not Bloody Likely
If the American left has any real hope of prevailing over Trump, it may well depend on the professionalism of uniformed men in arms
The US government’s subversion of Trump, 2016-2020
A new movie pulls together a complex and disturbing story in 90 minutes
Why Victor Davis Hanson thinks Trump will win
The classicist and military historian makes the case fo the president – and a second upset
The Trump show will go on
Whatever happens in the election, the groups of Americans brought together by the president will continue to revere him
American Xanadu: an appreciative history of Mar-a-Lago
Les Standiford’s book situates Mar-a-Lago’s surreal qualities in the larger history of Palm Beach
Is it too late for Trump?
The Critic’s political and US editors discuss last night’s debate with Chris Buskirk, editor of American Greatness
The degrading cynicism of Joe Biden
While Trump was firm but measured, Biden’s response was to consistently stoke fear of death
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Kemi Badenoch was right about the chaos in Clapham
Rioting as entertainment is a First World phenomenon
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it