It was in France, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, that the South Korean President began, on October 13, an eight-day visit to Europe to explain his strategy of détente and reconciliation with North Korea. It was important for Moon Jae-in to speak one-on-one with Emmanuel Macron, who until then had been rather […]
OPINION
We have to wean ourselves off the status quo
How long will it take for the so-called liberal elite to work out two key things: (i) most people don’t think like them/us; and (ii) defending the status quo is becoming politically dangerous. Mr Bolsonaro, a politician with authoritarian instincts, has convincingly won the first round of the Brazilian presidential elections. As my friend Renaud […]
The will of the people versus the rights of man (and woman)
Ending the UK’s membership of the EU will not just affect the trade relationship between the UK and the EU, which has dominated the headlines. It will also mean that UK nationals will lose their EU citizenship – and with this, EU citizens’ rights under the EU treaties. These rights are many and varied. An […]
Liberalism, literalism and the war against imagination
“Liberalism made the modern world, but the modern world is turning against it. Europe and America are in the throes of a popular rebellion against liberal elites, who are seen as self-serving and unable, or unwilling, to solve the problems of ordinary people. Elsewhere a 25-year shift towards freedom and open markets has gone into […]
What is people’s primary requirement? It’s security
On October 7, in the first round of the Brazilian presidential election, by voting 46 per cent in favour of the populist MP and former army officer Jair Bolsonaro, with only 29 per cent of the votes going to the academic Fernando Haddad of the Workers’ Party, has the Brazilian population declared a desire to […]
Letter from America: the strange business of going big
We are a big country. With a big economy, huge markets and some of the biggest global enterprises. As the saying here goes, Go Big or Go Home. Observers of American thinking and behaviour may already be well aware that to Americans, bigger is virtually always better. The extent to which this notion permeates various […]
Should we protect accusers and accused a bit better?
Last week, my friend and colleague David Boyle published an article putting forward a view about protecting the older generation. It has become one of our most widely read blogs and generated much discussion – some support and quite a bit of anger. I have been wondering whether, in view of some of the highly […]
Turkish Islamic-nationalism on the rise in Germany
Why did the Turkish President’s visit to Germany on 28 and 29 September leave us with a diffuse feeling of unease? There is nothing wrong with the fact that the all-powerful leader of the Middle East’s leading economy is in consultation with the Chancellor who presides over the destiny of Europe’s leading economy. The two […]
Why the Boris speech wasn’t as popular with Tory activists as some would have you believe
The big occasion at Conservative party conference, beyond question, was the Boris speech. The queues for it really were impressively epic, notable even further at a conference in which the hall had mostly been half-full at best for other speeches. This has led to a media narrative that Boris is the next leader in waiting, […]
Prepare for the first great electoral battle with the souvrainists
Next Spring, European citizens will vote for the new European Parliament. There are many reasons to believe that 2019 elections will be the most significant in EU’s history. This pivotal political struggle will take place between the neo-nationalist wave (in the disguise of the so-called souverainism) and the conservative establishment, which includes the once-socialists and […]
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