Another European Empire Ends at Waterloo
"...over 40% in the capital city voted to leave the EU. And the Brexit Party is doing almost as well here as in the country as a whole..."
"...over 40% in the capital city voted to leave the EU. And the Brexit Party is doing almost as well here as in the country as a whole..."
"Low skills in numeracy have consequences."
"“A leaked OPCW document challenges claim that Assad used chemical weapons in Douma in April 2018, the basis for US military strikes..."
"Parental responsibility must be maintained and parental rights of withdrawal from sex education ought also to be maintained."
"Brexit is a catalyst for accelerating the discussion of reform of the EU."
"A US House of Representatives resolution enjoying bipartisan support will make Turkey liable to US sanctions should it proceed with its attempt to purchase the S-400 missile defence system."
"The FT describes the city as ‘sleepy’ and ‘lacking London’s global buzz’."
"Europe will have ... to reduce immigration"
"Maybe though, if there’s an appetite for it, we could have a referendum on returning to the EU in 40 years time. Always assuming that there still is an EU."
"... another assassination, this time of businessman Slavko Krunić, a slightly more prominent figure, again grabbed the headlines in the Republika Srpska."
"It’s confession time …"
"The one thing we can be sure of is that the ‘People’s Vote’ lobby will use every possible trick at its disposal."
"In that sense trading over a longer horizon has more efficacy, but emotionally it is a very difficult thing to do."
"A majority ... of young people think that forming a lasting relationship is harder now than it was for previous generations."
"Why the mink in the first place? After all, they are not native to this country."
"The enormous cost of the F-35 fighter jet programme, which at over $1.3 trillion is currently “the world’s largest defence programme” has led to criticism from some quarters."
"Prime Minister Orbán expressed his frustration with an equivalence being drawn between democracy and liberalism, describing his government's politics as "Christian democratic"."
"Worse still, some of the numbers the IMF uses – for example those related to ‘border disruptions’ – appear to be plucked from thin air."
"The US has a population of 330 million people but only produces 343,000 tonnes of lamb. That is less than a quarter of the per capita amount that the UK produces."
"We want to find the truth. That’s the only thing I care about, to find the cause so that I can find a treatment or a cure to help these kids."
"The trans-partisan alliance of liberal market economics and progressive morality that has dominated politics can no longer explain the world nor provide a political and moral compass."
"Perhaps it’s time for us to celebrate the world’s ruggedness instead."
"There does seem to be some bipartisan support for reform, but it remains to be seen whether oversight of the federal prosecutorial system can command any significant legislative attention."