Trump claims Boris Johnson popular in UK because he's seen as 'Britain's...
The day’s political developments as they happen, including Tory leadership and Theresa May’s final cabinet meeting as PMBoris Johnson elected new Tory leaderTory leadership election: the full...
View ArticleHuawei decision 'like allowing KGB to build UK phone network' in cold war,...
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenBoris Johnson gives green light for Huawei 5G infrastructure roleJohnson’s Huawei decision ‘major defeat’ for US, says Newt...
View ArticleTrump cites Sunday Express article in support of false electoral fraud claims
Polls run by UK tabloid and Washington-based thinktank found an audience with Trump supporters in the USDonald Trump is relying on an unlikely media outlet to back his claim that he is the legitimate...
View ArticleHow senior Republicans have reacted to Trump's refusal to concede election –...
Along with the president himself, the vast majority of Republican politicians have refused to accept Trump's election loss. The former president George W Bush was among a handful of Republicans who...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich: Democrats are trying to 'brainwash the entire next generation'
The 77-year-old Republican former House speaker says Trump will ‘remain a dominant figure for a fairly long period of time’Some blame Donald Trump. Others blame social media. And those with longer...
View ArticleTrump and his enablers unwittingly offer Democrats the best hope in the...
The former president and his allies may doom the Republicans by reminding the public of their attempted coupThe midterm elections are just over nine months away. What will Democrats run on? What will...
View ArticleNewt and the Never Trumpers: Gingrich, Tim Miller and the fate of the...
In two new books, a partisan warrior and a repentant operative paint an alarming portrait of a party gone rogueIn 1994, after 40 years in the wilderness, a Republican party led by Newt Gingrich...
View ArticleHouse select panel asks Newt Gingrich to testify in effort to overturn election
The former Republican House speaker is believed to have repeatedly contacted White House aides about fake electorsThe House January 6 select committee on Thursday asked the former Republican House...
View ArticleThe Destructionists review: brilliant study of Republican rage pre-Trump
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post does not fall victim to false equivalency. He knows the GOP is a threat to democracyAfter Joe Biden’s fiery speech in defense of democracy last week, most of the...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich warns Republicans that Joe Biden is winning the fight
Former speaker who led charge against Bill Clinton raises eyebrows with column heralding Democrat’s first-term successRepublicans must “quit underestimating” Joe Biden, the former US House speaker Newt...
View ArticleGingrich decries ‘insane’ Florida bill for register of bloggers critical of...
Bill before Florida legislature to make online critics of governor register is ‘an embarrassment’ says former House speakerA Florida bill that would require bloggers who write about the state’s...
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