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Dan Hannan’s dream

A veteran Brexiter skewers the Trumpist hostility to economics, without stooping to self-reflection.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Europe, Ideas, Personalities, United States Leave a comment 25 August 2026

Unreliable allies

South Korea's president is the latest to discover that Donald Trump's affinity for dictators makes him a poor security guarantor.

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Charles Richardson East Asia, Political issues, United States, War and peace 7 Comments 24 August 2026

Minorities in denial

The insurgent left in the Democratic Party claims that it is better placed to win elections, oddly echoing similar claims from the hard right in our Liberal Party.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Ideas, Party matters, United States 4 Comments 11 August 202612 August 2026

If this be socialism . . .

Narrow victory for a left-wing candidate in a Michigan primary raises – but fails to answer – questions about the direction of the Democratic Party

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, Political issues, United States 7 Comments 6 August 2026

Party on, Trumpists

The Trumpier-than-Trump faction in the United States contemplates setting up its own party.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Middle East, Party matters, United States Leave a comment 4 August 20264 August 2026

More about “democratic” socialism

The apparent rise of socialists within the Democratic Party in the US raises questions about their democratic credentials.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Ideas, Party matters, United States 3 Comments 31 July 202631 July 2026

Religion becomes politics

It's always been assumed that women are more religious than men, but that now seems to be changing, in a further sign of how religion and politics are entwined.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, United States Leave a comment 23 July 2026

Death of a senator

Senator Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly at the weekend, was a near-perfect symbol of the moral bankruptcy of the Republican Party.

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Charles Richardson Party matters, Personalities, United States 1 Comment 15 July 202618 July 2026

Ups & downs at the Supreme Court

Donald Trump has a mixed week in the Supreme Court.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Electoral law, Political issues, United States 2 Comments 2 July 202629 August 2026

Trump makes peace

The agreement for peace with Iran shows the upside of Donald Trump's myopic and disjointed view of the world.

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Charles Richardson Middle East, Political issues, United States, War and peace 2 Comments 19 June 202627 June 2026

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