Published by The i paper (26th August, 2024) It seems almost strange that it is less than three years since Angela Merkel retired from leading Germany and Europe. […]
Europe / Germany / Politics
A Green light from Germany
Published by The i paper (5th April, 2021) Angela Merkel has dominated her party, her country and our continent for most of this century, but her long reign […]
Immigration / Iraq / Policy / World
We owe it to asylum seekers to help them
Published by The i paper (31st August, 2020) Hala has known nothing but conflict and chaos all her life. She was eight years old when her nation was […]
Europe / Germany
Anger, resentment and the rise of the far-right after the fall of the wall
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd November, 2019) Frank Schale was a child of Communism. He can remember clearly the stinking air, the smog-filled streets, the water […]
Europe / Germany / Immigration / Policy
Crisis? What crisis? It’s just a few boats feuling hysteria about immigration
Published by The ipaper (31st December, 2018) As Angela Merkel enters the twilight of her extraordinary political career, she can look back on a nation transformed by her […]
Europe / Germany
The great survivor of European politics
Published by UnHerd (14th September, 2017) For all the feverish polls and fervid political analysis, every election boils down to one core issue: change or continuity. When people […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
The tiny nation holding Britain hostage (like 27 others)
Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd April, 2017) The symbolism could not have been more stark, nor the power plays more loaded, when Europe formally responded to […]
Europe / European Union / Greece
100,000 reasons why the EU is broken (whether Britain is In or Out)
Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th February, 2016) Victoria Square, which took its name from the British Queen who handed Greece back its Ionian islands, was once a haven […]
Europe / European Union / Germany / Immigration / Policy
Time to face the truth about immigration
Published by The i Paper & The Independent (January 18th, 2016) The mood across Europe is hardening as desperate people continue to pour across borders in search of […]
Africa / China / Europe / France / Germany / Iran / Lebanon / Nigeria / United States / World
Forget fear and loathing: 15 reasons to celebrate the world in 2015
Published by The Independent (28th December, 2015) Who will mourn the passing of 2015? It seems such a grim year filled with terrible tales of atrocities, extremism and […]