http://www.thecommentator.com/ http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6469/bravo_britain_for_slamming_obama_over_israel Britain, to the fury of the lame-duck Obama administration, has called out John Kerry for his wishy washy approach to terrorism against Israel. This is an important move, and we should applaud it, for all our sakes http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6469/bravo_britain_for_slamming_obama_over_israel http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6468/trump_has_a_chance_for_a_new_mideast_policy_shift After the wasted and fruitless presisdency of Barack Obama, Donald Trump should seize the moment for a totally new approach to the MidEast, and Britain should do likewise http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6468/trump_has_a_chance_for_a_new_mideast_policy_shift http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6467/project_fear_is_being_discredited_in_real_time The Project Fear EU Remain camp is being humiliated in real time. Their claims to competence have been flushed down the toilet as the British economy powers ahead. They need to grow up, we need to ignore them, and all of us should get Britain out of the EU as soon as possible http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6467/project_fear_is_being_discredited_in_real_time http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6466/the_uk_should_stop_negotiating_with_itself_over_brexit With Brexit in mind, some people in the UK need to wake up to the reality of how you do well in an auction or a negotiation. You don't tell everyone in advance and, in a team, you don't fight amongst yourselves. We hold many cards. Play then wisely, and we'll do very well http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6466/the_uk_should_stop_negotiating_with_itself_over_brexit http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6465/il_gattopardo_in_italy_all_change_or_no_change The way in which elites across the democratic world cynically seek to rig the system to protect themselves is now being played out in Italy. After the failed referendum, the powers that be are scrambling to avoid real change. Sound familiar? http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6465/il_gattopardo_in_italy_all_change_or_no_change http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6464/donald_trump_is_doing_just_fine Despite the hysteria, Trump is hitting the ground running in his preparations for the presidency. His top choices for defense and secretary of state are masterful. This is gping to be a very different cabinet from Obama's. Just what America needed http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6464/donald_trump_is_doing_just_fine http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6463/project_fear_britain_s_economic_chuckle_brothers Philip Hammond and Mark Carney are Britain's anti-Brexit Chuckle Brothers. These hardline Remoaners got everything wrong, and now they're trying to sabotage our withdrawal. We musn't let them get away with it http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6463/project_fear_britain_s_economic_chuckle_brothers http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6462/low_paid_immigration_is_an_expensive_option The problem with more cheap labour carrying out tasks with insufficient training and investment to back up the staff is it also places many extra burdens on taxpayers. The costs of new schools and hospitals to cope with the sheer number of immigrants are rarely factored in to the equation, giving a fale impression of the true costs of low paid immigration http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6462/low_paid_immigration_is_an_expensive_option http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6461/japan_s_pm_tries_finally_to_close_the_books_on_wwii Japanese bilateral defense engagement with the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam has deepened considerably. Now, 'Bismarckian' Prime Minister Abe is on his way to Pearl Harbor. Nervous about Chinese ambitions, Japan is strengthing old alliances, and forging new ones http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6461/japan_s_pm_tries_finally_to_close_the_books_on_wwii http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6460/on_brexit_labour_hasn_t_got_a_clue There is little evidence Labour actually understand the implications of their own policies, which, on Brexit, are in any case all over the place. They are cynical and confused because they can't fully accept Brexit's democtratic mandate. Voters will rightly punish them http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6460/on_brexit_labour_hasn_t_got_a_clue http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6459/italy_s_failed_referendum It is not necessarily the case that the rejected Italian referendum was a carry through of the Brexit or Trump effect. A general election in the spring, at the same time as the French one, could be when the real fireworks go off. Until then, Italy should muddle through http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6459/italy_s_failed_referendum http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6458/in_europe_the_center_is_not_holding As Italian PM Renzi quits, from Italy, to France, through Austria and across Europe the center is finding it difficult to hold. While mere anarchy may not yet be being loosed upon the world, only those in denial can doubt that the tectonic plates are shifting http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6458/in_europe_the_center_is_not_holding http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6457/trump_must_understand_vicious_palestinian_politics The power struggles in Palestinian politics make the contest between Presidential candidates in American politics look likely a friendly game of chess, and that's just among the "moderates" who include Holocaust deniers, and former stooges of the KGB. The incoming Trump administration must wise up to this and avoid Obama's blindness http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6457/trump_must_understand_vicious_palestinian_politics http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6456/brexit_prosperity_not_austerity Our deficits are not entirely the product of our membership of the EU. But leaving will help dramatically, and, as with so many things, Brexit gives us the opportunity for a fresh start and a new road to sustained prosperity http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6456/brexit_prosperity_not_austerity http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6454/oecd_research_shows_big_government_harms_growth The often devious and untrustworthy, left-leaning OECD is a destructive force in the world. But when its economists start looking at the actual data, even they cannot avoid the conclusion that big spending governments harm economic growth, which in turn hurts the poor http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6454/oecd_research_shows_big_government_harms_growth http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6453/fear_and_trembling_in_italy_before_the_storm Italy is in countdown mode to Sunday's referendum which could further undermine the Euro and the EU, seal the fate of 8 banks, and even see Silvio Berlusconi back on the scene. Italy is in a desperate state. Anything could happen now http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6453/fear_and_trembling_in_italy_before_the_storm http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6452/reconsidering_the_left_s_anti_trump_hysteria Even if you weren't a Trump supporter, the Left’s post-election anti-Trump hysteria is anti-democratic and will ultimately prove counterproductive. Obama has been a disaster. Let's see if Trump can do better http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6452/reconsidering_the_left_s_anti_trump_hysteria http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6451/it_isn_t_britain_that_s_confused_about_brexit_it_s_the_eu For those who are not in denial about Brexit, Britain's broad aims are pretty clear. The real issue is what the remaining EU 27 want from us. It's Europe that's in chaos about Brexit, not Britain, and Europe that has the real questions to answer http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6451/it_isn_t_britain_that_s_confused_about_brexit_it_s_the_eu http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6450/castro_hero_of_the_morally_depraved A great tyrant is dead. But Fidel Castro's passing is mourned by pitiless pseudo-intellectuals of the Left who have no shame, and spit on the graves of the victims of a man who slaughtered far more than Pinochet http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6450/castro_hero_of_the_morally_depraved http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6449/donald_trump_and_marine_le_pen Globalization feeds a sense of injustice, and loss of cultural identity. But there is no going back to pre-globalization. Trump and France's Le Pen are not the same, but their supporters are driven by many similar concerns, some legitimate. Elites need to take them seriously, or populism could get uglier still. What happens next in France will be instructive http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6449/donald_trump_and_marine_le_pen