This is a very, very strange time for British politics. The Article 50 period runs out in a mere 81 days. Having thought it through,…
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Of all the unlikely pieces of news that have belaboured us in recent weeks, the news that Paddy Ashdown has died – with all his…
‘Tis the season to be cheerful. In this, our last communication of the year, we again pick our political word of the year. Tempting though…
Spain is facing a triple crisis that would overwhelm considerably more stable political systems. First, there is a deep unsolved economic and social crisis that…
Jacob Rees-Mogg and Mark Francois could hardly hide their delight. Their attempt to depose Theresa May had of course failed but they had dealt her,…
Technocrats, commentators and business people are excellent at laying out what is necessary; what ‘must be done’ in public policy to move forward. Politicians, who…
This article by Joe Zammit-Lucia was first published by City AM on 12 December 2018 It’s like a giant jigsaw puzzle where, however hard you…
I remember as a youngster in Malta when Malta had an utterly pathetic football team, a 4-0 defeat in, say, Germany would be hailed by the…
It occasionally sends a frisson of political fear down the backbone when you hear about a centrist politician like Macron booed in affluent areas of…
This post is taken from the introduction to Richard Black’s new book Denied, published today… This is the story of a coup-d’état that failed. A…
Strongmen rule – Erdogan, Trump, Bolsonaro, Putin, Savini. Where Liberal Democracy and the ‘bourgeois parties’ fail to present their electorates with a strong, credible leader,…
After last Sunday’s win in the Brazilian presidential election, supporters of Jair Bolsonaro took to the streets clad in the yellow and green colours of…