What is it that justifies universal adult participation in democracy – and the market place – on equal terms? It’s not anything one can find in Nietzsche, but rather the essentially Christian belief that all lives matter.
But the former Vice President is “troubled to hear of back channel pressure for a ceasefire” before the objectve of eliminating Hamas has been achieved.
Plus: Where have Allegra Stratton’s live press conferences got to? And why I hate Twitter.
The main issue is not that the latter’s actions are extreme, but that they’re anti-constitutional.
If an unpleasant medical procedure becomes unavoidable, it’s nearly always best not to put it off. Pence should seek to move the 25th amendment.
We feel the power of American culture in Britain – and the shock-jockery, coat-trailing, and oppositional mindset that comes with it.
Plus: virtual conferences are the way of the future. America’s vice-presidential debate worked. And: Fox deserved better from his WTO campaign.
With Trump’s health still uncertain and Biden an even older man, Pence v Harris may turn out to be very important indeed.
In a very 2020 twist, the President has Covid-19. With just a month until the vote, does he have time to fight it off – or the GOP to replace him?
America’s Constitution is remarkable not because it produces a stream of great Presidents, but because it survives the election of so many bad ones.
For many years, if you cut a Republican they bled free trade. No longer.
They have the capacity to make a larger contribution to Europe’s defence. They should do so.
Republican lawmakers who don’t back Trump but have supported his agenda so far now have a real window of opportunity for opposition.
A Vice President came to Newcastle to remind us that a constitutional order survives only when those entrusted with it are willing to defend it without hesitation or apology. It is that same clarity of purpose that Britain must now rediscover.