Other Republicans might have won this election by the same or larger margins, but Trump triumphed by winning over a large slice of the electorate that had been neglected -- indeed, often disparaged -- by both parties. Like the dog that caught the car, we watch and wonder what he will do next

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Mrs Clinton is plainly a globalist like President Obama, Donald Trump an opponent—if not the best one. But this election will not decide the issue which of its nature pits most voters against the progressive elites. It’s your politics for the next century

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Brexit expressed something fundamental: Britain was moving away from the liberal-Left social vision that was the basis for Cameron’s strategy after 1997. His resignation was a quiet non-event, but it marked a major change in his nation's political direction

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The immediate reaction of those who fought and feared Brexit was entirely predictable: something much worse than the Seven Plagues of Egypt was about to descend. Wrong, as usual, all they succeeded in demonstrating was the habitual arrogance of the elites

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On June 4, 1975, I sat down at my clattering typewriter in the offices of the Daily Telegraph in Fleet Street and embarked on a melancholy task. As one of the leader-writers opposed to Britain’s membership of the European Economic Community (as it was then called), I had been asked by editor Bill Deedes to […]

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Not to say 'I told them so', but in June, 1975, I wrote to lament Britain's dismissal of old friends, traditions and, indeed, national self-esteem itself. All these years later, as UK voters make their verdict known, I yearn to hear that decades of folly and false promise are finally at an end

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Those who wish Britain to remain in Europe are given to depicting Leave supporters as ill-educated simpletons, not to mention crypto-fascists and, inevitably, vile racists to boot. Perhaps they haven't noticed that elitist disdain is driving a global wave of populist rebellions

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If David Cameron really is an ideological soul-mate of Malcolm Turnbull, he also serves as a warning about the consequences eroded political authority -- a decline attributable in large part to the consequences of striking socially liberal poses without regard to cost

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The ousted PM's Quadrant essays brought immediate howls from many pundits, especially on the left, who accuse him of white-anting his successor. It seems, if taken at their word, the Coalition's detractors are more mindful of party loyalty than party members themselves

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Americans have seen living standards stagnate, habits of neighbourhood co-operation undermined, job opportunities reduced and their sense of moral equality with the new American educated class decline. The establishment grasps as much, but only Donald Trump stands poised to exploit it

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