Tuesday, 29 September 2020

Swiss sense and satisfaction. An example for Britain

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My wife Danielle holds just one nationality, French, but by birth, with a wholly Swiss father and a half-Swiss mother, she’s more Swiss than...
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Sunday, 27 September 2020

When extermination is more satisfying than mere victory

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It’s one thing to defeat your enemies. It’s another to crush them. That ’ s an idea forcefully portrayed in the latest film by Spanish direc...
Saturday, 26 September 2020

Diane Abbott, or how I can't help liking someone I feel so sorry for

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I’ve always had a soft spot for Diane Abbott, the Member of the British Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington. Diane Abbott That’...
Wednesday, 23 September 2020

Reluctant canines

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One of the best things about having dogs is that they get you out of doors. Wet or dry, cold or warm, calm or windy, the dogs have to go out...
Sunday, 20 September 2020

Bye, Bye, Blighty

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It’s rather a strange one, but 20 September’s a bit of an anniversary to me. On 20 September 2019, I returned from England, my home until a ...
Saturday, 19 September 2020

A distant mirror: conspiracy theories

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Imagine a nightmare scenario. An underground network, run by a hostile organisation abroad, is conspiring to undermine your institutions, br...
Thursday, 17 September 2020

How did Britain get here? It's as simple as ABC

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It doesn’t require much insight to work out why Britain is in the parlous state it is today. Even Boris Johnson could cope with the challeng...