Night view from the Peace Hotel, Shanghai Think for a moment, if you can, beyond the riots. Beyond the slow-burning flames engulfing parts of the Murdoch empire. Beyond the British cuts and the British growth problem, to that delicate balancing of immense forces which is global geopolitics. And, last week, amongst the domestic news, you… Continue reading The week the tectonic plates shifted
Category: Europe
The stitch-up in Berlin…and the shame in Spain
Further to my last post on the Euro-zone debt crisis, a couple of important developments for some of the protagonists: First, in yesterday’s summit, “Eurozone leaders draw up radical plan to safeguard Euro” says the Guardian contentedly. Really? Well, they must be talking about a different plan, because all I can see is a band-aid… Continue reading The stitch-up in Berlin…and the shame in Spain
Britain convulses, but Europe burns
“Los indignados” demonstrate in Madrid We cannot ignore the weighty events going on around the Murdoch empire, which are at least starting to wobble, if not rock, the foundations of the British Establishment. But these are heady times. We – and it seems, even the European media, also obsessed with NewsCorp – have rather taken… Continue reading Britain convulses, but Europe burns
Cameron’s new weapon: the Portuguese man-o-war
Read my first-ever article for Progress, on the Tories’ clever use of the Euro crisis, here.