Local elections reveal the deep fracturing of UK politics and put the writing on the wall for Keir Starmer

Elections in England, Scotland and Wales have put further pressure on Sir Keir Starmer’s already troubled leadership of the United Kingdom’s Labour government. These results are further evidence of significant trends in all liberal democracies – not least Australia. First, they suggest the era of dominance by two major partiesContinue Reading

Democrats Have a Joe Biden Problem. Again.

When was the last time you thought about Joe Biden? If the answer is “recently,” that’s probably a sign that you should consider taking up a hobby or joining a club—anything, really, that doesn’t involve politics. An irrelevancy from the moment he belatedly ended his campaign in July 2024, theContinue Reading

Poll: Even Trump voters reject his Jesus post

President Trump’s own voters overwhelmingly rejected his social media post depicting himself as Jesus — a rare break in today’s tribal politics, a new poll finds.Why it matters: The backlash underscores limits to how far culture-war politics can stretch inside his own coalition.A new Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll finds thatContinue Reading