There are times in his life when a perfectly dependable chap is bound by his honour to abandon all reserve and say what he suspects people want to hear.
This,
My Lords, Ladies, Gentlemen, and whatever-to-God that ghastly critter is in the olive cagoule at the back by the latrines. Kindly shut your traps and lend me your earrings.
I
Dominic Hilton will will be on a panel discussing 'the world after the US election' at the Frontline Club, London, on Friday 26th November. For details, please see
John Kerry lost the battle. He also lost the war.
George W Bush won the battle, securing re-election, and yet the Office of the President of the United States has
Election Night highs promise postelection blues.
Honestly, if Id spent 2 November 2004 snorting four grams of cocaine through a onedollar bill, the comedown could hardly have
As I watched the election results unfold from the unrivalled comfort of my deathbed, a pestiferous little reflection bored a crack in my mental equilibrium.
Democracy! I bleated to my
Suddenly, just like that, out of the blue, with no real warning, anything is possible.
Anything, fellow pugilists! Anything!
How do I know? Because on Wednesday night, 27 October 2004,
You know what the British voter is like. Let him learn that you have won the Derby or saved a golden-haired child from a burning building, and yours is the
Washington, more than any other city in the world, swarms with simple-minded exhibitions of human nature; men and women curiously out of place, whom it would be cruel to ridicule
A few friends and I convened at the hunting lodge on the weekend to talk politics.
Gentlemen, Im thinking of making another run, I announced. I assume I can
Are Europeans of less economic value than monkeys?
This week, drunk on a cocktail of Olympic spirit, though incurably reluctant to inflict any lasting damage on my prize-winning muscles, I
