Dan Hannan

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

Protesters yell "shame'" to members of Congress on the East Front of the Capitol after the House passed the Republicans' bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on May 4. The protesters support the ACA. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP)

Repeal Obamacare now, or not at all

Dan Hannan · May 8, 2017 4:01 am

Former President Alvaro Uribe shakes hands with a supporter as he takes part in a protest against President Juan Manuel Santos' government and to denounce the concessions the government has made in peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in Medellin, Colombia. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides, File)

Conservatives International launches next month in Miami. Join us!

Dan Hannan · May 1, 2017 4:04 am

British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament on April 19. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Theresa May is about to become the most powerful leader in Europe

Dan Hannan · April 24, 2017 4:03 am

NATO members are supposed to treat an attack on one member as an attack on all. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Trump backs NATO. Your play, Europe

Dan Hannan · April 17, 2017 2:05 pm

In this Wednesday, March 1, 2017 photo, a woman walks on the Spanish side of the border between Spain and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar with the Rock as a background, in La Linea de la Concepcion, Southern Spain. As Gibraltar braces itself to be dragged out of the European Union along with the United Kingdom, the livelihoods of nearly 300,000 people living in an economic region spanning two countries, have been thrown up in the air. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Beltway Confidential

Spain’s colonialism in Gibraltar

Dan Hannan · April 10, 2017 4:03 am

Britain will now be an independent country, living under its own laws. Its relationship with the EU will be based on alliance, not absorption. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Cheer up! Brexit is an incredible opportunity!

Dan Hannan · April 3, 2017 4:04 am

Police officers stand guard on a road leading to the Houses of Parliament in London on March 13. On Wednesday a man went on a deadly rampage, first driving a car into pedestrians then stabbing a police officer to death before being fatally shot by police within Parliament's grounds. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The real danger to democracy

Dan Hannan · March 27, 2017 4:05 am

It has become a commonplace that voters are fed up with nuance, that they want clarity and conviction. But that is not the same as wanting pig-headedness. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Partisanship isn’t a crime; it’s a blunder

Dan Hannan · March 20, 2017 4:03 am

Scottish separatism is in a different category from, say, Kosovan or Kurdish or Chechen separatism. It isn't based on ethnic or linguistic identity.

Why Scotland won’t secede

Dan Hannan · March 13, 2017 5:03 am

The solution to famine, strange as it sounds, is democracy. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Famines are caused by awful governments — so stop giving those awful governments money

Dan Hannan · March 6, 2017 5:04 am

One party controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress does not happen very often, and Republicans know it. (AP Photo)

Eight reasons for optimism in the Trump era

Dan Hannan · February 27, 2017 5:01 am

Israel needs a two-state solution

Dan Hannan · February 20, 2017 5:01 am