Rather than stay in the Freedom Caucus’ cage, Mike Johnson has used it to govern. Instead of simply accepting the lot of a frozen House, he has assembled those majorities by reaching across the aisle to Democrats.
Her history is confused but some may still be persuaded by her argument that the judiciary is too left-wing and Conservative ministers should be able to appoint more ideologically sympathetic candidates.
In 2021 Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States began a consultation process to upgrade Canberra’s submarine capability – AUKUS. That now looks highly prescient.
In the long term, AI opens on many opportunities for society. But the risk of harm is more significant than ever. Bad actors will use this year’s elections to practice and improve their anti-democratic campaigns.
Voters of all persuasions were downbeat about the state of the country and its immediate prospects: nearly two thirds in my 10,000-sample survey said they thought America was heading in the wrong direction.
Amidst all the sound and fury prompted by Trump on both sides of the Atlantic, the highly inconvenient truth is that he is correct. In the defence context, too many European countries have been delinquent for decades.
Despite European NATO’s technological superiority over Russia, we will struggle to defend against a Russian attack: only Finland and Poland have land equipment on the necessary scale.
His stubbornness – which made him President – may now be his undoing.
The NHS which has seen its productivity collapse, and is facing enormous cost pressures as the population ages, must surely be first in line for the application of the tools as they emerge.
Estonia’s government has, in a White Paper that rightly calls for Russia’s defeat, estimated it could be done at a cost merely of 0.25 per cent of Western GDP over four years.
The fundamentals of our democracy are strong: voters continue to take pride in their community, to respect their neighbours, and to want Britain to be an outgoing, self-confident country that plays its part on the world stage.
If you are an Atlanticist, a supporter of NATO, an ally of Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, it would be truly extraordinary to support him over Biden.
Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser talks about what military action he thinks the US should take in Iran.
History warns us that nothing good will come from abandoning small nations to Russia’s imperial ambitions.