Random Views

From time to time I come across a politician that it pains me not to be able to support. They display qualities of decency, moderation and g...

Curious how interesting conversation can be on Twitter despite the draconian limitations of its format. Today an exchange with a fellow tw...

One of my favourite politicians has to be the French Member of the European Parliament, Rachida Dati . Rachida is blessed with near film sta...

My wife Danielle, who is French – a point which is not entirely irrelevant to my theme today – reminds me that there’s a subject I have fa...

It’s sometimes worrying how easily one can be sucked into a superficially plausible view to which normally one wouldn’t give any house room ...

What an edifying spectacle Europe presents for us these days! David Cameron retains some residual popularity, in Britain, or at least ...

There are times when Europe offers the most wonderful political theatre, even against the background of the most solemn, painful difficultie...

It is perhaps because politics tends to be so dull that we go to such lengths to remove all political content from it. So its not the ...

I’m very grateful to Bob Patterson, a good friend though we’ve only ever met on line, for pointing out that the latest New Yorker contains ...