Angela Merkel
Turkey’s triumph
President Erdogan has the EU’s leaders exactly where he wants them
A right mess
Conservatism is having a nervous breakdown
A poem for Erdogan
Pen a foul verse in honour of the Turkish leader and be in the running for a £1,000 poetry prize!
Portrait of the week
Home In the Budget, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, kept talking of the ‘next generation’. He outlined cuts…
A civilisation under siege
It’s bad enough here, but Europe’s migrant folly is suicidal
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said that if Britain left the European Union, France could stop allowing British officials…
High life
Athens Viewed from Mars, this is a sunny, peaceful city. Up close, however, things ain’t what they used to be.…
Stay or leave, Europe is sinking anyway
As Tory ministers wrestle with their consciences before the EU referendum, an intriguing new argument for voting to stay has…
The centre-right is failing world-wide – so what’s the secret of Cameron’s success?
There are times when Westminster’s obsession with US politics is embarrassing for even the strongest believer in the Anglo-American relationship.…
High life
Gstaad War and Peace has been in the news lately, so what was it that Leo wrote about all happy…
It is time to join the fight against IS in Syria
The Islamic State is as monstrous an enemy as we have seen in recent history. It crucifies and decapitates its…
It is political correctness, not maniacal bigots, that will end civilisation
What does one do, attend or refuse a party after a tragic event such as the recent Paris outrage? My…
Obama’s failure is Putin’s opportunity
The principal strategic objective in the war on terror has been a failure. Ever since 9/11, the aim has been…
A better way
To say that the Paris attacks could have happened in Britain is not enough. Such attacks are being attempted here…
The Australian example
For many years, Australia has been turning away boats filled with migrants. From a remove, this looks cold–hearted — a…
Germany’s dark night of the soul
The migrant crisis is testing the country’s post-war idea of itself
Merkel’s folly
By making them more likely to attempt the perilous journey to Europe, the German chancellor is luring would-be migrants to their deaths
Diary
There’s nothing quite like a First Night — and last Friday we launched the Proms, the most celebrated classical music…
Europe’s great game
Merkel’s crisis is David Cameron’s opportunity
If Merkel shrugs…
Grexit would be worse for Germany than for Greece
High life
There’s nothing to add to Martin Vander Weyer’s item about Hellas of two weeks ago in these here pages except…
Portrait of the week
Home A Bill to enable a referendum on whether voters wanted Britain to ‘remain’ in the European Union figured in…
Cameron’s friend in Brussels
Hungary’s Viktor Orban could be the PM’s most influential ally in EU renegotiations. So what does he want – and what can he get?
High life
The good news is that a Greek suppository is about to relieve the EU’s economic constipation. The bad is that…
The great European revolt
For Angela Merkel, it’s a crisis. For David Cameron, it’s an opportunity
