Does Brexit really need to happen?
With talk of a so-called People’s Vote aimed at stopping Brexit growing, it’s time for Remainers to ask whether a second referendum might pose some dangers of its own.
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With talk of a so-called People’s Vote aimed at stopping Brexit growing, it’s time for Remainers to ask whether a second referendum might pose some dangers of its own.
Slowly and quietly, the German Greens are filling the void once occupied on the centre-left by the collapsing social democrats. German politics may never be the same again.
Another European election, another round of bad takes about the far-right from the British media. Sweden’s election saw the rise of the Sweden Democrats, but that’s far from the whole story.
ON 20 AUGUST 1968, half a million Warsaw Pact soldiers swarmed into Czechoslovakia. Within 24 hours, the whole country wasContinue Reading
There are plenty of reasons to visit Turin: fine food and drink, fabulous Alpine vistas and a post-industrial vibe. But there’s also the monument to Grande Torino, a unique piece of football heritage.
DONALD Trump was full of praise for his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinistö this week. ‘I enjoyed being with you aContinue Reading
When Russia was awarded the hosting rights of this year’s FIFA World Cup, more than a few eyebrows were raised. But did FIFA make a good choice, or was it driven by corruption and greed?
Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party has received another four years to create his ‘illiberal democracy’. Is this an omen of things to come in Western Europe?
Iran – or Persia – has frequently been portrayed as a civilisational foe. Yet classical Greek attempts to rationalise their enemy go beyond our own shallow interpretation.
The Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang have been a useful exercise in relationship building for the two Koreas. Though unpopular in some quarters, this diplomatic act has precedence in ancient history.