Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th March, 2020) Having fled one of Syria’s many bloodstained battlegrounds, Muhammad spent years struggling as a refugee in southern Turkey. Last week, […]
Europe / Spain
Six Spanish steps towards political paralysis
Published by UnHerd (12th November, 2019) Poor old Spain. Four elections in four years — and for what? The government moved General Franco from his gloomy mausoleum near […]
Europe / Germany
Anger, resentment and the rise of the far-right after the fall of the wall
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd November, 2019) Frank Schale was a child of Communism. He can remember clearly the stinking air, the smog-filled streets, the water […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Cameron will forever be tainted by the Brexit horror story
Published by The i paper (16th September, 2019) Every now and then I am struck by the stench of our putrefying politics. It hit me last week when […]
Economics / Europe / Sweden
Does going cashless let Big Brother monitor your money?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th July, 2019) Gustaf can remember the precise date when he last used cash. ‘It was October 7 last year,’ he told […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Tory moderates backing Boris Johnson are handing the party over to extremists
Published by New Statesman (21st June, 2019) The only good thing to have emerged so far from the depressing Conservative leadership campaign has been the arrival of Rory Stewart […]
Europe / Germany
Did German anti-Semitism ever really disappear?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (16th June, 2019) Nine months ago, Liam Rückert left his home and mother in Berlin to start a new life at a […]