This Saturday just gone, oceans of women across the globe took place in solidarity marches following President Trump’s inauguration on Friday. It was one of the largest political demonstrations in US history with 673 marches […]
As of yesterday’s election in France, Benoit Hamon (49), former junior finance minister in Hollande’s government from 2012-2014, has emerged as the favourite to take on the role of representing the French Socialist Party as their […]
French Presidential Elections: First Round April 2017; Second Round May 2017 How does the French Presidential Election work? http://www.rogerdarlington.me.uk/Frenchpoliticalsystem.html Centre Right Republican Party Candidate: Francois Fillon. (This party was formerly headed by Nicolas Sarkozy, French President who […]
Whilst reading an article in today’s FT on the possible future relationship between Trump and Putin, I also encountered an article beneath on the little known (to those in the western hemisphere at least) Igor […]
‘We should not retreat into the harbour whenever we encounter a storm or we will never reach the opposite shore’. Quoted in the FT, Wednesday 18th January 2017. Chinese president taking an alternative stance to […]
It cannot escape the deductive powers of the female eye that three of the guys above are pretty hot, for politicians; yet it is the other one who who holds the most cards and is likely […]
The following are links to a report I prepared for some students aged 15-18 in a UK based school. The first is the report, clearly set out with headings, trying to take into account all […]
This morning before I left the house, I watched news of another hospital being damaged in rocket strikes in Syria and I saw images of children who had been injured as a result. It saddened […]
On 28th April 2016, a new Unity Cabinet was formed in South Sudan’s capital, Juba. The new cabinet was announced on state television by current President Salva Kiir who has said that 1/3 of its […]
The Issue I was at a party on Saturday evening and the German comedian, Jan Bohmermann, came up as a discussion. In the ZDF television show on German television last week, “Neo Magazin Royale,” […]
