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Gavin Esler

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Gavin Esler is a writer, award-winning broadcaster and podcaster. He was the BBC’s chief correspondent in North America for eight years and a long-time anchor of Newsnight, Dateline London and other BBC programmes. He is the author of five novels and four works of non-fiction, including most recently ‘How Britain Ends'. His awards include a Sony Gold and a Royal Television Society award. His new book ‘Britain Is Better Than This’ will be published in September 2023.
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Republican presidential nominee, former US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally, in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 15. Getty Images / AFP
The state of Georgia could decide if Trump returns to the White House

By all estimates, this US election will be a close call. Georgian voters are already voting early and a few thousand of them could determine the result on November 4

CommentOctober 23, 2024
Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond was what his compatriots sometimes call a 'man of parts' – a talented or gifted man with many different attributes. AFP
CommentI most admired Alex Salmond for his optimism and stubbornness

Gavin Esler pays tribute to the former first minister, who died suddenly aged 69

CommentOctober 15, 2024
Starmer recently concluded his first 100 days in office. EPA
CommentStarmer's rocky start is still miles away from Johnson

As Downing Street's history shows, rough beginnings need not be the death of hope for a UK prime minister

CommentOctober 09, 2024
Robert Jenrick takes part in a leadership hustings at the annual Conservative party conference in Birmingham on Sunday. AFP
Hard right, wrong turn: Why the UK Conservatives should avoid oversteering

The country's main opposition party risks courting the Nigel Farage vote and losing the 'common ground'

CommentOctober 01, 2024
Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has been banned in Brazil. AFP
What tech titans will do to get your attention online

If consumer's attention is their economic strength, it is also their regulatory weakness

CommentSeptember 17, 2024
Britain's shadow minister for security, Tom Tugendhat, announced his bid for Conservative party leadership on September 3, in London. Getty images
CommentMost Britons can contain their excitement about the next Tory leader

It may take a decade before the Conservatives are regarded by voters as again fit for government

CommentSeptember 11, 2024
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Berlin, on August 28. Bloomberg
The search for Brexit benefits can be called off

But Brexit is back in the news for political reasons

CommentSeptember 03, 2024
Pigeons released at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park during the 79th Atomic Bombing Day anniversary in Hiroshima, western Japan, on August 6. Reuters
CommentThe spread of conflict in our world highlights the importance of arms control

A nuclear strike anywhere, ever, would assure mutual destruction

CommentAugust 28, 2024
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses a meeting during a visit to The Hub - Solihull Mosque in the West Midlands. AFP
CommentStarmer's at a turning point. Which way will he choose?

The British Prime Minister has room to get on with the job of changing the UK, perhaps – as with Thatcher and Attlee – for a generation

CommentAugust 21, 2024
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivering a speech last month in Salzburg, Austria. AFP
CommentUK riots: Britons should think twice before believing some politicians
OpinionAugust 14, 2024
Anti-racism protesters hold up signs during a demonstration at the Abdullah Quilliam Mosque in Liverpool. People gathered at the mosque, which was the first in England, in response to the threat of far-right violence in the wake of the fatal Southport knife attack. EPA
CommentThe UK violence serves only a few far-right figures
CommentAugust 05, 2024
The University of Cambridge famously has more Nobel laureates than any country in the world except the US and UK itself. Getty Images
The key to reviving the UK is fixing its universities
CommentJuly 31, 2024
Donald Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention was simply weird. AFP
Biden just made it tougher for Trump to win
CommentJuly 22, 2024
Former US president Donald Trump is helped off the stage by Secret Service agents at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. AP
OpinionTrump shooting is shocking, but gun problem made it unsurprising

In the run up to the November election, the maelstrom of American politics is becoming ever more divisive and turbulent

CommentJuly 14, 2024
A man enters a polling booth to vote in the second round of France's legislative elections on Sunday. There is a sense of change and turmoil in three of the great capitals of western democracy. AFP
A tale of three democracies: what next for the UK, US and France?

Rishi Sunak in London proved a ditherer. Emmanuel Macron is disliked but decisive. Joe Biden is decent but possibly debilitated

CommentJuly 10, 2024
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