G20 in the rear view mirror.
I had considered doing a blog on the G20 meeting in Hamburg last week but decided against it for several reasons. The first is that I only turn out a piece once a week and habitually on Friday and as the meeting was planned to last the weekend, it would have meant delaying the article past … Continue reading
France decides. Le Pen or Merkel’s poodle?
Parce que Je parle Français comme une vache Espagnol, quelques photos … Britain before brexit. Britain’s attitude to EU after brexit. EU after Brexit. Paris before and after its recent makeover. But this is how a Parisian Gendarme always looks. Rumours of riots in Paris every night for months are … Continue reading
Angela’s Ashes.
The EU is now patently a failing project, and that event can largely be laid at the door of one person – Angela Merkel. A sequence of serious misjudgments on her part the first of which was having the arrogance to assume that the people of the member states would not notice its creeping transition … Continue reading
They’re just words.
If you live in Western Europe, then politically there are only two countries you have to keep an eye on; England and Germany. The reality is the rest just make noises while the former two make prosperity or give you fair warning of how many notches you should be tightening your belt. Angela Merkel was talking … Continue reading
Pointman's 
What sorrow is in me. Another stalwart dies too young. Commiserations to all his well loved family. "May you recieve…