On Boris Johnson’s defense of Dominici Cummings breaking Coronavirus guidelines.: “There are imes when leaders get away with this. Our times are not those.”
There are times when leaders can get away with this. Our times are not those.
The inaugural Videocast of the Populism in Action Project: populism, its parties and memberships, and its potential for influence and government in Europe
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Discussing if Trump can suspend US elections because of Coronavirus and whether he will pay a political price — amid far more important cost of lives lost
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Donald Trump’s failure to show competence, let alone leadership, in a speech on Coronavirus, & his concern for his political fortunes rather than Americans
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Challenge after Slovakia’s election, with victory for Ordinary People’s Party: “It’s very easy to make an anti-corruption appeal. It’s harder to deliver it”
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“Telling the Human story is so powerful”: so how can refugees and migrants use “media literacy” to overtake the political agendas that block them?
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In the UK Election 2019, are we angrier now than in past votes and debates? Is it just a case that “we are able to express” emotion in era of social media?
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“Iraq’s women are not giving up and refuse to be silenced. A new generation is rising from the ashes and there is no turning back now.”
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Right-wing politician Matteo Salvini gambles by taking down Italy’s Government: but has he miscalculated? Dr Daniele Albertazzi assesses the situation.
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Trump Administration uses a “Wizard of Oz” trade deal with UK to weaken European Union and to get London’s support for US in conflicts with Iran and China.
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Scott Lucas and David Dunn on El Paso and Dayton mass killings, and how Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant language may have empowered white supremacist attacker
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“Avoiding an aircraft coming down now is pure chance rather than any luck or judgement on the part of regulatory framework for UK drones.”
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Scott Lucas and David Dunn on who leaked analyses of UK Ambassador to US Kim Darroch — a dysfunctional Administration, an “inept” Donald Trump — and why.
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Scott Lucas on state of the race to become UK Prime Minister — and where Brexit shambles and the Conservative Party are heading with October 31 deadline
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Donald Trump has launched another Twitter tirade against London Mayor Sadiq Khan, retweeting a far-right, Muslim-phobic account.
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Donald Trump greets UK politician Nigel Farage during the US Presidential campaign, August 2016...
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Political WorldView’s reading of politics around Mueller Report on Trump-Russia, from Administration attempt at burial to consequences for Trump & Democrats
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University of Birmingham’s Matt Cole discusses UK Government’s 3rd attempt at Brexit Withdrawal Plan — before Commons Speaker John Bercow rules it out.
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“Given a lack of vision and leadership among many of Ukraine’s current elite, it is unsurprising that trust in public institutions is at unprecedented low.”
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An “Egypt of authoritarianism and repression”: 2011 Revolution disappears amid detentions & Parliament set to extend Gen. El-Sisi’s right to rule until 2034
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Personal links and money drive a new strategic partnership between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia — now the two countries seek to institutionalize the bonds.
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French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel sign a new treaty. But can the two leaders overcome challenges at home?
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Scott Lucas on Nancy Pelosi’s request to Donald Trump to rearrange his State of the Union address, because of the Trump Shutdown’s effect on security
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Donald Trump as a Russian agent? Scott Lucas reviews the evidence and what happens next over Trump-Russia investigation
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A new Pakistani Government and UAE’s economic aid reconfigure Islamabad’s relations in the Gulf
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The significance for Trump-Russia inquiry of ex-Trump campaign Paul Manafort breaking plea agreement with Special Counsel Robert Mueller
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, The Kremlin, Moscow,...
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Carolyn McCall, chief executive officer of UK media company ITV (David Levenson/Bloomberg/Getty)...
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UPDATE, SEPT 29: Just before Friday’s unexpected developments, with leading Republicans...
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As the opposition Labour Party returns after a generation to an embrace of socialism, David Dunn...
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