‘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 […]
Whilst Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn battle it out over here, I am looking further afield where Irish Prime Minister and leader of the ruling political party Fine Gael, announced that he is retiring both as […]
OPEC met in Vienna yesterday to discuss whether to extend production cuts beyond June. Non-OPEC members such as Russia also attended the meeting. What was the point of it? Top Rated Forex Brokers say that they […]
This is because more than 30% of the funding for each of the above subjects comes from the EU. Today’s FT says the following: ‘Of the 15 subjects most dependent on EU funding for a proportion of […]
Yesterday as I was looking at coverage of the terrorist attack in Manchester, I considered citing a few American sources such as the New York Times but then thought better of it: it happened here […]
Since Theresa May announced that there would be a snap election on 8th June, I have frequently been asked for my comments on which party I believe to have the best manifesto. Usually when it […]
I know there will be none of you reading this who have not heard already. There is little that I can say other than to provide some links that you are probably following yourselves. The […]
