What the French left could learn from Keir Starmer
Last week on Spectator TV Fraser Nelson saluted the ‘intervention’ of the Labour party in the debate about whether the…
The EU is divided in its bid to stop the boats
There was good and bad news for the European Union last week: the number of migrants arriving in Europe on…
Will France’s Olympians embarrass Macron?
France host England tonight in the final match of the 2024 Six Nations. ‘Le Crunch’, as this fixture has come…
Emmanuel Macron and the reason being a parent in politics matters
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky spoke to the French press this week and passed on a message to the people. ‘Your…
Is Giorgia Meloni a secret centrist?
When it became clear in September 2022 that Giorgia’s Meloni right-wing coalition was on course to win Italy’s general election,…
Macron’s war-mongering talk is unnerving Europe
Relations between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron have always been strained but they’re now positively hostile.…
Will Macron grant the Saudis their Olympics request?
Britain and its government has a well deserved reputation for kow-towing to foreign investors. But even they (one hopes) would…
Is Rishi Sunak too late to stop the spread of Islamism?
Rishi Sunak has joined the long line of prime ministers who have declared that enough is enough, and the country…
China’s nickname for Macron is perfect
Alexei Navalny is being laid to rest in Moscow today, a fortnight after the Russian opposition leader was found dead…
Macron has embarrassed and embittered his military
Emmanuel Macron is the first president of the Fifth Republic to have never served in the military, and it shows.…
Why is Macron acting like a ‘warlord’?
Emmanuel Macron has said that the West may have to send ground troops to Ukraine to support their war against…
France expels Islamists while Britain appeases them
France last week deported an imam after footage emerged of him appearing to preach hate. Mahjoub Mahjoubi, who has lived in France since…
Europe’s elitist politicians have lost touch with the working classes
What links Rishi Sunak to Elly Schlein, the leader of the Italian left, and Raphaël Glucksmann, the great hope of…
Macron’s latest adversary might be his most dangerous yet
It’s been a terrible start to the year for Emmanuel Macron and his new government. Aside from the well-publicised farmers’…
It’s stalemate in Ukraine but Putin is defeating the West in Africa
In the early hours of Saturday morning, police in Paris shot dead a Sudanese man who had threatened them with…
France’s anti-democratic streak
For the past week the airwaves in France have eulogised Robert Badinter, a name unfamiliar to many outside the Republic.…
Will the Tories be wiped out like the French Republicans?
Vote for me or you’ll end up with Keir Starmer. That was the threat from Rishi Sunak on Monday evening…
The sinister transformation of Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg spent her weekend in France supporting two environmental campaigns. On Sunday she appeared at a rally in Bordeaux…
The left can’t stand France’s new culture minister
France’s new minister of culture has promised to put an end to the creeping cancel culture that is threatening the…
Taylor Swift can’t save the EU
The EU hopes that Taylor Swift and other pop starlets will come to its rescue in June’s European elections. With…
Russia isn’t the biggest worry in Macron’s crime-ridden France
February has not started well for the European Union. On the first day of the month, furious farmers surrounded the…
France’s farmers will be back on Paris’s doorstep before long
In a week full of symbolism in France, the most striking image was the sight of armoured cars blocking the…
France’s furious farmers are marching on Paris
Paris will be under siege from 2 p.m. today as farmers intensify their protest action and attempt to cut off…
European voters are rebelling against the elites
A friend of mine intends to vote for the National Rally in June’s European Elections. That in itself is nothing…
