I’m really quite tired of the stream of hysterical Guardian articles asking whether this time he will actually be removed’ …were the words of my housemate as we entered another turbulent week in US politics. […]
Donald Trump Just Dismissed The Notion Of Democracy In One Simple Action
Last month, the President of the United States admitted defeat (for now) and signed a government funding bill, preventing yet another shutdown, with just $1.375bn of the $7bn he wanted for the border wall between […]
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Donald?
The United States government today entered its twenty-seventh day of a partial shutdown in what is now the second-longest shutdown its history. 800,000 government employees have gone without pay, with some such as airport security […]
As Things Finally Start to Look Up for the Democrats, a Constitutional Showdown Looms
The midterm elections have come and gone, and what was once a political side-show marked by comically low voter turnout has been recast as a battle for America’s future, and, crucially, a referendum on the […]
Can Trump And The Democrats Work Together?
Now the midterms are over and the Democrats have regained control of one chamber in Congress, it seems more unlikely than ever that Republican and Democratic divides can be overcome. Just one day after the […]
The US Midterms: What Is The State Of Play With One Week To Go Until Election Day?
The U.S. midterm elections are a vital, but often overlooked, part of the U.S. democratic process Every two years, one-third of the Senate – the upper chamber of the law-making branch of the government, and […]
US Government Shutdown: The End Or Just The Beginning?
Senate Democrats in the capitol hill agreed to reopen the government on Monday after it was in a state of shutdown for three days, by voting for a temporary funding bill along with the Republicans. […]
An underdog’s tale: the chronicle of Donald Trump
It was almost too good to be true. For years, political comedians and writers had been out in the wilderness when it came to American politics, toiling for almost a decade to find anything remotely […]
Comment | USA, The Land of Contradictions
If I have to sum up the United States of America in one word, it is contradiction. The country is one extreme paradox that cannot be clearly defined by what it stands for because its […]
Mitt Could Be Worse
Is there more to Romney than a sexist, elitist charisma vacuum?