It’s comforting for leaders to imagine that they can either have a direct line to voters or that they can let their actions speak for themselves – but it’s a fallacy.
Yes, our new trade department has expanded its Trade Policy Group fourfold. But it is seen to lack the experience that American negotiators possess in abundance.
They have the capacity to make a larger contribution to Europe’s defence. They should do so.
The President targeted the Arizona Senator with stinging criticism during the campaign. McCain’s revenge has only just begun.
He could commit to some tangible metrics – i.e: reducing the tax code in length by 25 per cent by 2019, or pledging to abolish three taxes in each budget.
The correct response to its aftermath and to Blair’s speech is not to refight old battles, but to build a positive relationship with the Union from the outside.
Theresa May’s austere approach to news management is a plus for government – at least, so far. But it’s turning out to be a minus for her ministers.
The only way to make it will be to hold a small number of made-for-TV events that help tell a story that voters in provincial England will respond to.
Republican lawmakers who don’t back Trump but have supported his agenda so far now have a real window of opportunity for opposition.
We spend so much time arguing about what it ought or ought not to do that we seldom consider its fundamental nature.
The fantasy that the Kremlin is more sinned against than sinning was once the preserve of Corbyn’s hard left. We should stop the rot.
He and Jess Phillips review the highlights of the news for Sophie Ridge’s Sky News programme.
Plus: Sarah Palin to Canada, the Brexit Bill to the Lords, and Clive Lewis to the backbenches. And: when sorry isn’t the hardest word.
Whether or not we like the choice American voters made, we should respect it.