A gap between Britain and Europe is rapidly growing to become a chasm. And it is not just between the Island and the mainland, but within Britain as well. British identity is weakening. It has just rejected its European links, but in favour of Trump’s America? I hope not.
The PiS government in Warsaw’s assault on liberal democracy has been raging for over a year now, and, while much of Europe has turned its attention away to other news, the fight goes on to stop Poland from taking the road to authoritarianism.
Europe has faced significant challenges last year, and looks to be facing greater ones this year. But what will it take to halt this slide? Surely a return to the status quo cannot be the answer.
If someone asked me today, “do you think Marine Le Pen could win the French presidency next April?”, I would have to say without pause: certainly. After being rocked by Brexit and Trump’s electoral victory, the political centre ground has never looked more vulnerable to the extremes.
Europe is caught between a rock and a hard place, between an unbendingly centrist status quo, and increasingly unpleasant populism. The question remains; is there a way out for constitutional democracy?
We are currently going through one of the most tumultuous times in British politics for decades, and whilst it doesn’t seem like it, the pieces are moving for a sea-change in the way the British people govern themselves.
Martin Schulz has proposed the conversion of the Commission in a ‘real European government’. An analysis and discussion of this proposal and its meaning for Europe.
Jeremy Corbyn has been attacked from all sides since he became Labour Party leader, most recently in a palace coup by his own MPs. I discuss the facts about this man, and the politics and movement he represents.
Britain has had a week of having to live with its decision to leave the European Union, and many debates have been flung open, with few settled. I cover the most important developments, with my own analysis of Britain’s plight following.
The murder of sitting MP Jo Cox is a tragedy not felt in Britain for decades. But broader, it lays bare the tragedy of how British politics and the national debate has been poisoned; the toxic atmosphere throttling the democratic debate we needed.
In Search of Europa 