The war is nearly over
An intriguing report by the BBC earlier this week that Britain’s war debts are still being paid off, but will be cleared by the end of the year. (Read the […]
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A bit of good
Local elections yesterday. I spent a few hours knocking up, that is going to visit supporters of the party in their homes to remind them to go out to vote.
Liberal nationalism
Daniel Hannan, a Conservative MEP, wrote an article in the Daily Telegraph yesterday advocating “liberal nationalism”. You can read it here. This is my reply. Liberal nationalism is a contradiction
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The great illusion
Chinese president Hu Jintao will visit the United States this week, to meet George W Bush. What will they find to talk about? President Bush, after all, is a self-styled
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Ecological self-sufficiency
According to the New Economics Foundation, the UK goes into ecological debt to the rest of the world on Easter Sunday (16 April). From tomorrow onwards, the British are living
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A response to the Euston manifesto
My eye is drawn by the announcement in this week’s New Statesman of a new left-liberal grouping, based around the so-called Euston manifesto. (Read the manifesto here.) Before commenting on
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Foreign voters
A novel feature of this weekend’s Italian election is the introduction of seats in parliament to represent expatriates. Twelve seats in the lower house and six in the upper house
France is not a billiard ball
It’s hard to open a newspaper right now without coming across another article on the state of France. What is the future of the French republic? What about the French
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Lisbon in ruins
The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 was so terrible and destructive was felt, metaphorically, across Europe, causing many to doubt that God was really the guiding force behind history. The lamentable
Infuriating
The farewell article by Bill Emmott, outgoing editor of the Economist, is the usual mixture of insight and infuriation. You can read it here. The insight lies in his welcome