Gavin Mortimer

The war against the French police is just getting started

29 September 2023 5:49 pm

Last Saturday in Paris a police officer leapt from his car and levelled his handgun at a baying mob. The…

The Pope is wrong to criticise Europe over the migrant crisis

25 September 2023 5:19 pm

Pope Francis spent the weekend in Marseille where he admonished Europe for their attitude towards migrants. Specifically, the Pontiff took…

Oh, how Emmanuel Macron wishes he was a king!

21 September 2023 1:33 am

King Charles arrived in Paris today on the first stage of a three day state visit to France, a country…

Macron and Starmer are made for each other

19 September 2023 4:49 pm

It is Keir Starmer’s misfortune that he arrives in Paris today for a meeting with Emmanuel Macron at the moment…

Why rugby fans love to hate Macron

15 September 2023 8:53 pm

Emmanuel Macron was in Lille on Thursday evening to watch France defeat Uruguay as the Bleus made it two wins…

Europe’s migrant crisis is only going to get worse

14 September 2023 6:20 pm

It is almost three years to the day since Ursula von der Leyen gave her inaugural State of the Union…

The Colombian cartels are coming to Europe

12 September 2023 8:23 pm

In May this year 87,000 asylum applications were lodged with the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA). This was a…

Will a French coalition join forces against Le Pen at the next election?

10 September 2023 4:30 pm

Emmanuel Macron is not happy. He would love to run for a third term as president but the French constitution…

Why Macron wants to put French schoolkids back in uniform

8 September 2023 5:00 pm

The details of King Charles’ state visit to France later this month were announced on Wednesday. His Majesty’s deputy private…

What France’s rubgy racism row reveals about the French left

5 September 2023 6:45 pm

Emmanuel Macron spent Monday morning in the presence of the French rugby team and for once he spoke without ambiguity.…

Will Paris’s ban stop e-scooters killing people?

2 September 2023 6:49 pm

Rental e-scooters have been banned from Paris since Friday after residents of the French capital were asked to decide their…

The truth about the backlash to France’s abaya school ban

30 August 2023 6:47 pm

The intellectual infirmity that has laid low much of Europe’s left this century had been painfully exposed this week in…

Who’s more useless – the Tories or the England rugby team?

28 August 2023 10:08 pm

In a curious way the decline of English rugby mirrors that of the Conservative party. Four years ago there was…

France is spiralling out of control

25 August 2023 7:09 pm

It’s been a brutal month in France but one would barely know it from the reaction of much of the…

The developing world has grown tired of Britain’s hypocrisy

23 August 2023 4:00 pm

The timing could not have been worse for Rishi Sunak. Just days after it was confirmed by Downing Street that…

Enforce the borders, stop the boats, save lives

18 August 2023 6:15 pm

Rishi Sunak has failed in his pledge to ‘Stop the Boats’, and the £480 million deal he signed with France…

Macron doesn’t care about migrants crossing the Channel

15 August 2023 8:59 pm

The British government is reportedly ‘frustrated’ with France for its failure to stem the numbers of migrants making their way…

Europe’s migrant crisis is about to get much worse

11 August 2023 6:44 pm

The first time Mohamed Bazoum came to the attention of the European media was in the aftermath of the Great…

Macron can’t escape blame for France’s failures in Africa

9 August 2023 9:20 pm

Emmanuel Macron was the recipient of a letter on Monday from nearly 100 senators from across France’s political spectrum. The…

Macron is pushing France to tipping point

4 August 2023 6:53 pm

In the last three years, Mali, Guinea, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Niger have all undergone coup d’états. The most recent…

Is France’s loss Russia’s gain in Niger?

1 August 2023 7:21 pm

France is preparing to evacuate its citizens from Niger following the coup d’état in the west African country on 26…

The French police have lost faith in the judiciary

29 July 2023 5:00 pm

Emmanuel Macron broke his silence about the recent riots in France at the start of this week. In a speech…

What the French media can learn from the Farage banking scandal

26 July 2023 8:42 pm

Geoffroy Lejeune knows how Nigel Farage feels. Like the former Ukip leader turned TV host, Lejeune’s ‘values’ have made him…

Could Ulez lead to Sadiq Khan’s downfall?

23 July 2023 6:11 pm

Emmanuel Macron has spoken of his fear of France’s ‘fragmentation’ and of the nation’s ‘division’ following the riots that reduced…

Will the French riots spawn a new generation of jihadists?

17 July 2023 5:44 pm

Apart from the 96 arrests and 255 burned cars, Bastille Day passed off without a hitch in France. A bullish…