Earlier today The Guardian confirmed that there were ‘at least three’ other tower blocks that have the same combustible cladding used in the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower last year. And at 4.40pm, the office of Theresa May […]
In the image above, you see a rather perplexed looking Francois Bayrou (MoDem), Jean-Yves Le Drian (Socialist) and Marielle de Sarnez (MoDem), all leaving the Elysee Palace this morning. Both Bayrou and de Sarnez have […]
‘The French electorate has been more extreme than any other. It managed to eradicate virtually the entire political establishment in a short sequence of elections’. Wolfgang Munchau, The Financial Times, Monday 19th June 2017 Vox […]
According to today’s FT, Philip Hammond has said that a criminal investigation and public inquiry will look at whether building regulations were breached during the 2016 renovations. He also said that he ‘would only consider […]
On 5th June, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt all broke diplomatic ties with Qatar. In the image above, you can see the Saudi Arabian king sitting on the right and […]
Macedonia. Probably a country you’ve never really paid any attention to. It used to be part of the former country of Yugoslavia until it seceded peacefully in 1991 after the fall of communism. That same […]
‘This was a system designed and constructed by the Americans, and now the Americans are dismantling it’. Norbert Rottgen, Chairman of Germany’s Bundestag International Affairs Committee, on Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the […]
As I was looking at the Atlantic’s newsfeed last night in bed, I suddenly burst out laughing. They had published something from BuzzFeed about the resignation of Trump’s Communications Director, Mike Dubke, which was formally […]
Oh the more I read the more I laugh. Yesterday’s article in the FT on the forthcoming governer elections in Mexico State leads with the following quote: ‘I’m not going to vote for anyone, they’re […]
Having had an interim government since Matteo Renzi’s resignation as Prime Minster last December when he lost his referendum proposal, Italy is due to hold a general election by May 2018 at the latest. We’re only talking […]
