What happened? The results of the 20th/21st October Czech general election are now in in which the media-savvy billionaire, Andrej Babis, has come out on top. He is a man used to getting his own […]
Why does the Catalan region want independence? Catalonia was once independent from Spain. Modern-day Spain was born after The War of Succession in 1715. After a brief respite in 1931 when the Catalan government was […]
Last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping was visiting Hong Kong on the 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong (a former British colony), to Chinese rule in 1997. It was the first time that the Chinese […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘Under the Macron doctrine, old parties must not just be beaten, they must be destroyed’ Politico, 17.5.17 The Restructuring Plan Macron campaigned on ‘a promise to erase the right-left political divide and needs to weaken […]
From September this year, all universities who have participated in an Ipsos Mori survey that is completed by final year students will be able to increase their tuition fees to £9,250. The Ipsos Mori survey […]
So the polls were right. For a while there after the terrorist shooting in Paris, I was pretty convinced that we may end up looking at a contest between Fillon and Macron, both of whom […]
Today is Friday. The first round of presidential elections in France takes place on Sunday. Most of the campaigns have now ceased although the far left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon is still at it. He’s doing […]
