Macron in trouble as forecast
When the new French president Emmanuel Macron took office on 14 May 2017, his approval rating stood at 62% and in June rose to 64%. But this week, his rating […]
Read MoreVorsprung durch Technik? Another blow to Germany’s global leadership.
Der Spiegel, Germany’s prestigious weekly news magazine, broke a story today that takes dieselgate to a completely new level and calls into question the idea that Germany could assume the […]
Read MoreG20 in Hamburg. From tragedy to farce in one easy step as the media get Macron wrong
A howl of protest went up following the press conference of French President Emmanuel Macron at the G20 summit in Hamburg. A journalist from the Ivory Coast asked Macron why […]
Read MoreShow Me The Money
Much of the West is effectively bankrupt and insolvent. The developing world is not much better off. France’s cumulative debt of government, households and businesses amounts to 250% of GDP, […]
Read MoreTrump ain’t the problem
In the run-up to the G20 meeting under Angela Merkel in Hamburg, U.S. President Donald Trump has come in for the usual round of massive criticism – much of it […]
Read MoreWashington Post gets the Warsaw Pact wrong
The last few weeks have seen efforts and rhetoric by NATO members to mollify the U.S. President following Donald Trump’s various remarks during last year’s campaign and following his election […]
Read MoreClimate Change Community Gets Real – Finally!
Less than a month after the hysteria and sheer bad thinking levelled at the decision of U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, some […]
Read MoreDeputy Editor tells journalists to talk to people!
Will Gore is Deputy Managing Editor of The Independent and the London Evening Standard. He “writes on a range of topics, including weekly columns about media ethics (having previously worked […]
Read MoreTear Down that Wall, cries Merkel! Yes – but how?
During a panel discussion on 10 June 2017 with Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto, German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared that Obviously the main reason for people leaving must be addressed […]
Read MoreA British Prime Minister errs yet again
The decision of British Prime Minister Theresa May to call a snap general election for Thursday, 8 June 2017 has spectacularly backfired, but is just the latest in a series […]
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