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Jun 1, 2026
Once political ideas fail, they don’t get second chances. Communism has been tried. It won’t come back. Nor will Tony Blair’s idea of a “radical...
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May 26, 2026
I often think about the EU as a confused football team. There are too many players on the field. Some of the players do not know which team they are playing for. They are cheered on...
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May 11, 2026
Bank runs are famously irrational things. Yet as the former Bank of England Governor Mervyn King once quipped, once they start, it’s rational to participate.
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May 5, 2026
A year of toe-curling groveling has gone to waste. They called him daddy.
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Apr 25, 2026
The European Union this week pushed its €90 billion loan to Ukraine over the line, after Hungary dropped its opposition. With this settled, an even more fraught...
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Jan 19, 2026
You can draw a neat line around the eight countries Donald Trump has targeted for his 10% punitive tariff: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the UK, Germany, France, and the...
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Jan 6, 2026
The year 2026 could be the first in my life which holds the non-trivial probability of a broader war in Europe: and the risks have just increased.
