In order of geopolitical importance and charisma: 1. Tusk 2. Macron 3. Starmer 4. Merz Donald Tusk is by some way the most accomplished Donald currently running a country. (View Post)

He’s such an arse. WW2 in Europe wouldn’t even have started if Stalin hadn’t colluded with Hitler to invade Poland as pals and allies. (View Post)

All politicians spend far too much time on gestures, but sadly commentators only seem to notice this when it’s the other side that’s doing the vacuous gesturing. The last year of Sunak’s government w… (View Post)

Consistently the most eloquent and confident media performer of the Cameron years, so much so that he was wheeled out to cover topics that weren’t officially his remit. Universally popular amongst th… (View Post)

Gauke was a first rater. Among the others, Letwin and Stewart were both very interesting characters and Grieve was highly competent. (View Post)