Tag: Politics

Trump is great because he calls a spade a spade, which is unheard of in Western politics, says Prof James Alexander. What's more, sometimes, as we saw with Iran, he refuses, like the philosopher, to take sides.

James Allan thinks he has discovered a new cure for jetlag – a seven-day walking holiday through the Scottish highlands. You can't tell whether you're tired from the trek or the flight!

Shakespeare is the key to understanding Trump, says Prof James Alexander. Trump is not system-politics, is not deep-state politics. Trump is court politics. And Shakespeare is our guide to the flamboyance of the court.

Why is the British state so dysfunctional? Ex-government special adviser James Price explains what's wrong with Whitehall – and what can be done about it.

Nigel Farage has set out Reform UK's election pitch with a flurry of headline pledges – scrap Net Zero, axe DEI, lift the two-child cap and raise tax thresholds to support families and workers.

Modern politicians lack the personal authority of ancient kings and so they appeal to The Science to impose their schemes on the population. This is how science becomes corrupted by politics, says Prof James Alexander.

A new Pope, a new US-UK trade deal, a new accord between China and Russia. Professor James Alexander takes the long view and sees how the accidents of 2000 years of Western history are playing out in 2025.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said it is "unacceptable" that Palestinians don't yet have a state. Professor James Alexander wonders if Lammy has thought through what a Palestinian state would actually look like.

Donald Trump's trade adviser has slammed Britain's relationship with China, warning the UK is in danger of becoming a "compliant servant of communist China" and having its "blood sucked" by Beijing.

As the Australian Right-of-centre Liberal party stares down the barrel of another election defeat, it's further proof, says Professor James Allan, that there are no prizes for conservatives who kowtow to the Left.