Will under-13 curfews really make France safer?
Rebecca, a British friend who taught theatre studies at a celebrated English public school before she was brutally sacked during…
French bureaucracy cannot be defeated
When Emmanuel Macron launched his campaign to win the French presidency eight years ago, he promised to cut the number…
The real reason French spies aren’t caught in honeytraps
French spies are impossible to blackmail in honeytraps because their wives already know they’re having affairs. And if you believe this,…
Will the Seine be safe for the summer Olympics?
Emmanuel Macron’s promise to strip off to his Speedos and swim in the Seine to prove it is safe for…
How Brigitte Macron captured the Elysée
As Emmanuel Macron approaches the end of the second year since his re-election, his presidency seems to have become a…
Macron has spied an easy win with his assisted dying Bill
Emmanuel Macron was predictably theatrical when he introduced his Bill on the end of life yesterday. In the proposed legislation,…
Journalists are out to censor the French GB News
Left-wing journalists have won a huge battle in France against CNews, the country’s most popular news channel. France’s Council of State,…
France’s farmers’ revolt isn’t all it seems
The toll station on the A9 motorway near the French-Spanish border is closed with cones and guarded by the local…
The endless narcissism of Emmanuel Macron
I watched Emmanuel Macron’s prime time press conference last night but I wish I hadn’t. It was meant to be…
Subsidies have defanged the French media
It’s not surprising that much mainstream French journalism is complacent, incurious and stenographic. The elite French media is lavishly subsidised…
The campaign to destroy the French GB News
The campaign to destroy GB News in Britain is precisely mirrored by a campaign to eliminate CNEWS, its French equivalent.…
Macron’s political relaunch was a masterclass in self-belief
After months of inbound slings and arrows, Emmanuel Macron, powdered by the star dust of the royal visit, relaunched himself…
Starmer’s Paris trip is based on a fantasy
One small trip on the Eurostar for Keir Starmer is one giant kick in the teeth for Rishi Sunak. The…
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic problem
Ladies and gentlemen, please make sure your seat belt is securely fastened and your seat backs and tray tables are…
Nicolas Sarkozy’s Russia intervention is a disgrace
Team Putin has this week gained a new and vaguely prominent supporter: Nicolas Sarkozy, the disgraced former President of France.…
In defence of private jets
Barbara Amiel was right that one private jet isn’t enough. One jet is always in the wrong place, or undergoing maintenance,…
Why Europe riots
What’s behind the rise of gang violence across Europe?
My dog has been cancelled by Pride
Bella is a three-year-old dog of indeterminate breed. I found her by the side of the road. She is fearless,…
Macron’s last adventure: the president vs the public
Can he face them down?
Napoleon III’s remains will not be returned to France
Do not take too seriously the demand of Roger Karoutchi, a Républicain who rejoices in the title of deputy speaker of…
Macron’s trip to Washington is pure theatre
President Macron has landed in Washington with his fleet of jets to spend the next few days in procession across…
The murder of Lola and the failure of Marconism
Last Friday, a beautiful 12-year-old Paris girl named Lola failed to come home from middle school. Later that evening, her…
Why is Liz Truss playing Emmanuel Macron’s game?
Is Emmanuel Macron a friend of the United Kingdom? Liz Truss said over the summer that she didn’t know, which…
Will Giorgia Meloni be an enemy of Macron?
French elites are annoyed and perturbed that Italian elections have produced a new prime minister of the right, Giorgia Meloni,…
What kompromat does Trump have on Macron?
Did Donald Trump have kompromat on Emmanuel Macron within the secret files seized by the FBI from his Mar-a-Lago Xanadu?…
