Above image, in order from the left: Marine Le Pen, Francois Fillon, Emmanuel Macron, Jean-Luc Melenchon, Benoit Hamon. According to the FT today (print version today, online version 16.2.17), Marine Le Pen is predicted to […]
Ok, so not Finnegan but Flynn; Trump’s national security adviser (or at least he used to be). Why is he all over the news? On Monday evening, Michael Flynn was fired by Trump (or resigned, […]
I have prepared this list of definitions to help decipher the article I have written on the US investigation into members of Trump’s team who have ties with Russia. The intelligence committees were initially asked […]
Who is that cute little child above? That would be the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a child in uniform. The photographs were released by North Korean Central Television (KCTV) and made available during […]
Whilst we sit and watch the dirt being thrown on a number of French politicians, one wonders whether or not the French media darling who is currently favourite to win the French Presidential election, Emmanuel […]
What’s going on with Sarkozy? Like Fillon, he’s also under investigation. In Sarkozy’s case, for spending too much on his unsuccessful 2012 re-election campaign. There is a legal limit for campaign funds and that is £18.5 […]
I wanted to call this article ‘Beauty and the Beast’ or Orlando Bloom welcomes the Orc (Lord of the Rings), but I felt a bit mean doing so. I also wanted to google images of […]
Martin Schulz, 61, has taken over leadership of the Social Democratic party (SDP), in Germany. Schulz may pose a challenge to Merkel, who Stefan Wagstyl of the FT describes as: ‘Europe’s hitherto unassailable anchor and […]
Following allegations against France’s Republican nominee for President, Francois Fillon, has apologised for putting his wife and children on the payroll but refused to stand down. He has denied that they did not work whilst […]
In his acceptance speech Sunday, Steinmeier spoke of Germany’s responsibility to fight for stability around the world, having overcome its own dark history of wars and totalitarianism (CS Monitor, 13.2.17). Frank-Walter Steinmeier is quoted in […]
