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<title><![CDATA[Martin Kettle - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14994.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Martin Kettle]]></description><category domain="14994">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Gaza Plan Staggers the World. Did He Mean It?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/05/donald-trump-gaza-plan-global-stability-us-soldiers</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Martin Kettle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's appalling threat to seize Gaza and drive out its people imperils global stability, even if he never deploys a single US soldier, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is President, But Trump Changed U.S. for a Generation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/20/joe-biden-president-trump-us-inauguration</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Martin Kettle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden's warm inauguration words will not reset the dials. The era of US global leadership can't be rebuilt quickly, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Boris Johnson's Premiership May Surprise People]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/08/boris-johnson-right-left-brexit</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Martin Kettle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To the Brexiter right he's a conquering hero. To the left he's a Trumpian villain. The truth is rather more complex, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Judgment Is a Devastating Blow for a Failed Prime Minister]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/24/supreme-court-judgment-sounds-trumpet-failed-prime-minister</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Martin Kettle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Boris Johnson's position must be in question. But this devastating ruling bolsters parliament against many other outside forces, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Now Britain Risks Becoming a Vassal of the U.S.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/10/after-kim-darroch-britain-risks-becoming-vassal-to-united-states</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Martin Kettle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's role in the ambassador's exit has driven a stake through the heart of the UK's self-image, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Brexit: Now It's a Battle Over Who Governs Britain]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/19/brexit-theresa-may-edward-heath-who-governs-eu-referendum</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Martin Kettle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[May has survived, for now. But parliament is stalemated in a clash between referendums and representative democracy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Power, Not Brexit, Is Behind Boris Johnson's Decision to Quit]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/09/theresa-may-boris-johnson-tory-party</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Martin Kettle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The foreign secretary'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s self-regard is incontinent, but Theresa May has the support of a clear majority of her party]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S., Europe Show They're Serious on Chemical Weapons]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/14/the-syria-strikes-showed-the-west-is-serious-about-chemical-weapons</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Martin Kettle</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Face of U.S. Leaks, British Should Turn to Europe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/25/us-leaks-british-secrets-special-relationship-europe</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Martin Kettle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[National security policy rests on a big and mostly unstated bargain between citizens and the state. Citizens allow state agencies, including the police, to do secret and dangerous things on the basis that they are done for reasons we accept as necessary. To paraphrase the 17th-century...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Downfall of David Cameron: A European Tragedy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/24/david-cameron-downfall-european-tragedy</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Martin Kettle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They used to call it Greek tragedy when the fates wrought their revenge on human folly and weakness. But maybe a better term in the case of the folly and weakness of the modern Tory party is European tragedy. For, as a broken David Cameron announced his resignation on Friday morning, one...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Europe's View of U.S. Is Patronizing &amp; Wrong]]></title>
							<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/aug/18/us-voters-tea-party-americans</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Martin Kettle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America is a country of mad people governed by buffoons. That's the way a lot of Europeans are content to see it, no matter how much they love the US in other ways. A country of mad people because they are so religious, violent, overweight and in denial about things that look obvious...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Future Depends on America's Health]]></title>
							<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/02/healthcare-obama-us</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Martin Kettle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[American voters want healthcare overhauled. But reform is a high stakes game that can wound the presidentAmerican healthcare remains a mystery to most Europeans. Many of us are vaguely aware that there is a problem with the US system, but the subject is extremely complex, of almost...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Left Has Yet to Grasp the Eclipse of Socialism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/22/russia.georgia</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Euro-Army is a Fantasy, We Need America]]></title>
							<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/mar/29/eu.nato</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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