'War in Europe is a civil war'

 

Britain’s Children’s Newspaper – subtitled, ‘The Story of the World Today for the Men and Women of Tomorrow’ – was a remarkable and mature publication for youngsters.

Putin’s fingerprints are all over Brexit

 

Brexit has Putin’s fingerprints all over it. We’ve increasingly been suspicious of this for some time, but the evidence is mounting.

Back to the USSR?

 

After the EU referendum, many of us were suspicious about the role of Russia in clinching the narrow ‘win’ for Brexit.

After the war, Europe needed to find a new way

Over the Bank Holiday weekend we celebrated VE Day - Victory in Europe, and the end at last, in May 1945, of our continent's most devastating and brutal war.

The path to Europe’s recovery from coronavirus – by Ursula von der Leyen

In her impassioned speech to the European Parliament on Thursday, EU Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, laid out the most ambitious plans in the EU's history.

The Great British bunch of migrants (part 2)

• We’re not only an island, we’re part of a planet

Britain is a potpourri of nationalities which makes Britain Great. We may be an island, but we’re also part of a planet. 

The British have probably been the most prolific migrants in the history of the world. British people have gone to live in all parts of the planet, and still do. 

What Nigel Farage told British expats in Spain

About two million Brits live, work, study or are retired in other EU countries. Over 800,000 of them are estimated to reside in Spain alone; over one million if you include those who sojourn there for just part of each year. 

The numbers might now be higher, as the latest estimates* were published in 2010.  In addition, many tens of thousands of British own second homes right across the European Union – over 140,000 estimated to be in Spain and Italy. 

Understandably, these British expatriates are concerned about what will happen to them, and their homes abroad, if Britain leaves the European Union.  ‘Expat Forums’ are replete with anxious postings about just this subject. 

This month Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-EU UKIP party, was interviewed by Talk Radio Europe, which is based in Spain and broadcasts in English to British expats living there.