Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th October, 2019) Kelly is 23 years old. She is a bright and thoughtful young woman with an attractive smile that flits […]
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 […]
Europe / Hungary / Immigration / Policy
Orban’s brand of populism blinds him to reality
Published by The Times (14th May, 2019) Viktor Orban, Hungary’s pugnacious prime minister, created the template for the populism sweeping western democracies. This former anti-communist activist has taken […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Farage is back to haunt the Tories
Published by The i paper (13th May, 2019) He’s back. Like the grinning villain in a grotesque horror movie, Nigel Farage has returned to terrify the tortured Tories. Already […]
Economics / Europe / European Union / Politics
Why the Iron Lady is an icon for our times
Published by UnHerd (3rd May, 2019) Forty years ago today, the British people went to the polls and elected their first female prime minister. This was the most […]
Europe / Politics / Spain
New politics soon turns into old politics
Published by The i paper (29th April, 2019) Five years ago, a new force arrived in Spanish politics. Podemos emerged from massive anti-austerity protests in a nation badly […]
Europe / Spain
How plans to dig up Franco’s body fuelled a far-right surge in Spain
Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th April, 2019) It seems strange to find a massive monument to fascism in one of Europe’s leading democracies. But travel less than […]
Arts / Europe / European Union
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye?
Published by Damn (18th April, 2019) It seems strange to recall that when I was growing up in the suburbs of London almost half a century ago, the […]