Lionel Jospin – a French Socialist in London
Lionel Jospin, one of the big figures in French Socialist Party politics, has died aged 88. He was a leading figure in the long...
The Ancient Mariners of Brexit Are Losing the Plot
So the white smoke emerged from Whitehall as the Prime Minister didn’t quite say “Habemas a Deal”. at the end of the much hyped...
Starmer is a modern Attlee standing up to Russian tyranny but cutting help for the poorest to do so
Listening to Sir Keir Starmer explaining why standing up to Russian tyranny and bending over backward to get the United States to stay engaged...
Europe finally has a heavyweight ambassador in Washington
A man who knows many of Europe’s leaders, he has devoted his adult life to arguing that the European Union needed more unity, more...
Britain looks forward to “five years of solid Labour majority”
It may not last but, Britain, dismissed only yesterday as an irrelevancy after its isolationist vote to break links with 27 EU countries 8...
Who is Keir Starmer?
So who is Sir Keir Starmer, today the most solidly implanted leader of the left in Europe?
Britain’s new Prime Minister has the same age...
European Parliament Election Unlikely to Answer the Question of Europe
The European Parliament is 45 this year.
In 1979 the first direct election of MEPs took place. It has many distinguished current and former members...