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The consequences of the EU’s “enlargement fatigue” 10 Feb 2010 | 03:32 am
Philip Stephens has previously written in the FT that “Turkey has turned east as Europe clings to the past“. Today Gideon Rachman writes in the FT: “It was Ukraine’s misfortune that the Orange Revolu...
Evil Superman is back … and he is driving a truck! (Or is he?) 4 Feb 2010 | 12:33 pm
My wife tells me that when she first moved to the UK in the early years of the presidency of George W Bush her European friends would introduce her by saying: “This is Monica. She is American … But sh...
The King of America and the Queen of England 22 Jan 2010 | 03:26 am
He is going through a tough time at the moment. However, it is still fascinating to learn that Barack Obama said, when asked by his wife prior to running for President why he wanted to do so, that: “...
Two Sorry Tory Stories (or some differences between the UK and the USA) 20 Jan 2010 | 11:51 am
James Crabtree has written a fascinating and much commented upon Prospect piece on the role that an apology might play in a quick return to Labour government should the Conservatives win the General E...
The Economic Consequences of Peace in the Cod Wars 18 Jan 2010 | 10:16 am
“The best books … are those that tell you what you know already”, wrote George Orwell in 1984. While, pace the likes of Henry Porter, our country isn’t Orwellian, there is a lot of truth in this line....
Dinner Party Politics 3 Jan 2010 | 03:50 am
Ok, I’ve been to dinner parties. But not in Islington. Though, I probably am in the “chattering classes”. Still, I’ve never been at dinner parties where “innate and uninformed” prejudices against Lond...
Charles A Beard anticipated Harvey Milk 1 Jan 2010 | 06:38 am
We had a fun day at the American Visionary Art Museum earlier this week. There I discovered a quotation from Charles A Beard, which I had never previously come across: “One of the best ways to get yo...
The left and the web 1 Jan 2010 | 05:46 am
The convincing portrait painted by James Crabtree of a possible future Cameron government having to ”square up to a turbocharged swarm of pissed-off progressives with laptops” reminds me of my blog cl...
Yes, we still can (but leadership and disciplined support are needed) 30 Dec 2009 | 08:14 am
The striking thing about the most powerful person in the world, as he approaches one year in office, is how, err, lacking in power he appears. Disappointed and, according to Mark Lynas, insulted by t...
Danny Finkelstein: Is it really so strange? 24 Dec 2009 | 07:52 am
Danny Finkelstein is shocked that none of the Tory leadership are amongst the top 5 politicians of the year identified by PoliticsHome. But it doesn’t seem so surprising when set against an observatio...
