We would be naive to think we have seen the worst of Trump
In early October, Donald Trump informed one of his red-neck rallies that he had recently reminded the ageing Saudi king Salman that he and his dynasty wouldn’t last two weeks if it were not for American support. If his report of that conversation is true ( and unfortunately that is uncertain, given Trump’s panache for […]
The political and constitutional factors underlying the utterly dysfunctional state of UK politics
The crisis in Westminster is entirely the making of David Cameron’s folly in committing to hold a referendum on EU membership so as to see off the UKIP challenge to the Tory right flank. That particular strategy was adopted by Cameron because of their crude “first past the post” system which still remains as a […]