Emmanuel Macron: A New Hope for Europe?
My colleague @MathildeBouvier on the new landscape.
(tags: france )

Some Recent Irish History
John Bruton has not forgotten 1997.
(tags: ireland )

New consensus in Germany - Brexit should be clean, and Britain should pay for it
@JeremyCliffe reports.
(tags: germany eu brexit )

Chasing Cures for Deadly ( Read more... )

What conspiracy theories can tell us about politics in Greece
“When assessing a populist government, it’s always hard to tell whether it’s just incompetence or dark designs.”
(tags: politics Greece )

Brexit is (maybe) the ruin of Irish whiskey
...and much else besides.
(tags: ukpolitics ireland brexit eu )

Trump adviser Navarro: U.S, Germany ( Read more... )

My Friend, The Russian Ambassador
Lovely obituary by former US ambassador @SamanthaJPower.
(tags: death russia uspolitics diplomacy )

To the Commonwealth, "Global Britain" sounds like nostalgia for something else
Deaf to history and blind to economics.
(tags: brexit ukpolitics )

The Martin Schulz bounce
@JonWorth wonders if it can last.
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The GOP of 2017 is the most extreme party coalition since the Civil War
Slate reads the runes.
(tags: uspolitics )

Brexit: Berlin business leaders unimpressed with UK's message
German industry will not press Merkel to do a UK-friendly deal. Surprised?
(tags: eu brexit ukpolitics germany )

Kosovo, Serb dispute threatens to derail Balkan peace
Old ( Read more... )

Europe’s (lack of) migration problem
There are not enough migrants.
(tags: eu migration )

A Sportscaster's Secret Mission To Save Jewish Family At The 'Nazi' Olympics
A historical vignette, but an important one.
(tags: germany holocaust )

Chris Christie is isolated in New Jersey
Ohdearwhatapitynevermind
(tags: uspolitics )

Dutch woman with two ( Read more... )

• Thirty things you didn't know about the EU referendum
  Most of this was indeed new to me.
  (tags: eu brexit ukpolitics )
• This is the truth about the Berlin Christmas market terror attack
  Wow.
  (tags: germany waronterror tunisia )
• Three party constituency tri-points
  This is true anorak stuff. (In Belfast, North South and West meet at the junction of ( Read more... )

Why every office should scrap its clean desk policy
Excellent.
(tags: work psychology )

The truth about trade agreements - and why we need them
A useful corrective.
(tags: economics uspolitics )

Watch out for Hammond, the potential PM no one saw coming
I agree.
(tags: ukpolitics )

Jo Cox killing - the reality
Calling the press to account.
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Obama Reckons With a Trump Presidency
Another brilliant David Remnick piece.
(tags: uspolitics )

How the British press lost Merkel in translation on Brexit
Too kind about deliberate misinterpretation.
(tags: germany ukpolitics brexit eu )

Rentaghost: the spooky kids show that is much bleaker than you remember
Fond memories!
(tags: tv )

Losing Georgieva is bad, promoting Oettinger is worse
@TimKingBru sums up the mood in Brussels.
(tags: eu )

Why UK Brexit talk baffles Germany
A refreshing linguistic perspective
(tags: brexit germany eu )

On the referendum #20: the campaign, physics ( Read more... )

Are Progressives Being Played By WikiLeaks And Julian Assange?
Yes, and have been for years.
(tags: wikileaks )

A Brexit reality check in Stockholm
What Sweden really thinks.
(tags: brexit eu ukpolitics sweden )

Let's Move the Oireachtas from Kildare Street
Very sensible idea.
(tags: ireland )

Those who think Marlowe co-wrote plays with ( Read more... )