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Walter Ellis is a journalist and commentator based in France.
Thursday, 18 July 2019
Like many of you, I’m sure, the last three years, in terms of politics and the future of the UK, …
Continue reading "Does Boris have anything resembling a plan?"
By Walter Ellis
Friday, 12 July 2019
The Twelfth Fortnight is well underway in Northern Ireland. It reached its climax today when thousands of Orangemen paraded up …
Continue reading "Why Northern Ireland is heading out of the United Kingdom"
By Walter Ellis
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
The timing could hardly have been better. Bernard Tapie, probably the most controversial businessman in modern French history, was cleared …
Continue reading "Bernard Tapie bounces back from ignominy, giving a timely boost to Lagarde"
By Walter Ellis
Wednesday, 3 July 2019
In the end, it was the appointment that showed that while everything changes, deep-down everything stays the same. Following three …
Continue reading "EU top jobs: the old order endures – for now"
By Walter Ellis
Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Fifty years ago, most MPs sitting in the House of Commons had participated in one form or another in the …
Continue reading "MPs of fifty years ago were more representative of the country they led"
By Walter Ellis
Friday, 28 June 2019
You might think it odd that in his newly-published memoir, Passions, in which he reflects on his long political career, culminating …
Continue reading "French courts force Sarkozy to confront his past"
By Walter Ellis
Monday, 24 June 2019
They say that a terrible heatwave (canicule) is about to settle over France, and the natives are getting fearful. According …
Continue reading "Factor 50 time as France prepares to fry"
By Walter Ellis
Friday, 21 June 2019
Sitting at my desk in rural France, I could almost hear the guffaws in Westminster when the news came through …
Continue reading "The EU has serious problems too"
By Walter Ellis
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
A mad consensus has taken over the Tory Party that has at its core the belief that Boris Johnson, like …
Continue reading "Boris bluster will land Britain back in the soup"
By Walter Ellis
