Dan Hannan

Daniel Hannan is a member of the House of Lords and a former Conservative MEP. Find him on X @DanielJHannan

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May hakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping ahead of their bilateral meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, China, on Feb. 1. May is leading the largest business delegation her government has ever taken overseas as she seeks to put her Brexit troubles aside and make progress on boosting U.K. trade. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)

The anti-Brexit cult’s end-of-the-world refuses to happen

Dan Hannan · February 5, 2018 5:01 am

Scots voted to remain British just over three years ago. That vote, all sides agreed in advance, would settle the issue for a generation. But when Britain voted to leave the European Union shortly afterwards, the leader of the Scottish government, Nicola Sturgeon, thought she saw an opportunity to reopen the issue, because Scotland, unlike England and Wales, had voted to stay in.

Daniel Hannan: Put out more flags

Dan Hannan · January 29, 2018 5:01 am

An immigrant from Uganda, who goes by Shubby, joins other immigrants taking the citizenship oath during naturalization ceremonies at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ceremony in Los Angeles on Sept. 20. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

What makes for a shithole?

Dan Hannan · January 22, 2018 5:01 am

"Ann Widdecombe was branded a 'racist dinosaur' after saying Meghan Markle is 'trouble' because of 'her background,' " was a tabloid headline last week. (AP Photo/Dominic Lipinski)

Daniel Hannan: Racism in the realm beyond reason

Dan Hannan · January 15, 2018 5:01 am

No other president has faced so many political crises so soon after his election. (Rex Features via AP Images)

Trump is lucky in his enemies

Dan Hannan · January 6, 2018 4:04 am

If you want to fly the friendly skies, come to Europe

Dan Hannan · January 1, 2018 5:01 am

Politicians and journalists remain weirdly fixated on the closure of the few remaining coal mines, shipyards, and steel mills, but many more jobs are disappearing in the services sector. What has happened to all the video rental employees? Or to the travel agents, or the secretaries, or the archivists, or the newspaper reporters? Turnover in services is far higher than in the remaining manufacturing jobs, though it receives nothing like the same attention. (iStock)

Hannan: Capitalism is a win, even for the losers

Dan Hannan · December 18, 2017 5:01 am

Lebanese and Palestinians students hold Palestinian flags as they take part in a protest, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on Dec. 7. A number of U.S. allies in the Middle East are condemning the Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, with the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia urging Washington to reconsider and reverse the announcement. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Daniel Hannan: Jerusalem, divided

Dan Hannan · December 11, 2017 5:01 am

In a brutal newspaper market, the Daily Mail remains both popular and profitable. Its print edition is the second-best selling in the UK, and its online edition is the most visited news website in the world. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Stop apologizing to the loons

Dan Hannan · December 4, 2017 5:01 am

In this photo taken on Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, a herd of elephants swim and drink water in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. (AP Photo/Dolf van Zuydam)

If you want to save the elephants, privatize them

Dan Hannan · November 27, 2017 5:01 am

Following the presidential election, President Trump's tone changed toward Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We're going to have a great relationship with Putin and Russia," he told a victory rally. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP)

Dan Hannan: The Republicans’ astonishing, Orwellian change of heart on Putin

Dan Hannan · November 20, 2017 5:01 am

A new economic coalition between the U.S. and the United Kingdom could restart a global trading system that has been stalled since the mid-1990s. (iStock)

Trade with Britain: It’s Trump’s yuge-est opportunity yet

Dan Hannan · November 13, 2017 5:01 am