Posts by Walter Ellis
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
The EU is bored of divided Britain
I’m in the middle of what might be called a “robust” Facebook exchange on the subject of – yes, you’ve..
By Walter Ellis
Thursday, 21 March 2019
Grand Brexit project turns into comic opera
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By Walter Ellis
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
Pity young Macron, discovering how complicated it is being President of France...
Spare a thought for poor President Macron of France. He really is up against it and it’s not fair.Okay, okay...
By Walter Ellis
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
This Westminster farce is making me embarrassed to be British
Another day, another key vote. But no way, apparently, to engage Parliament’s forward gears. Has there in modern times been..
By Walter Ellis
Thursday, 7 March 2019
Centre ground struggling in Spain
It was always on the cards. With youth unemployment still in excess of 30 per cent, Catalonia in turmoil and..
By Walter Ellis
Monday, 4 March 2019
Democracy and the will of the people are highly overrated
Are you, like me, weary of the refrain, repeated with increasing frequency since the referendum by those most closely identified..
By Walter Ellis
Thursday, 28 February 2019
Macron retakes the lead in France. Le Pen second. The rest nowhere.
It may have escaped your attention, what with the Brexit shenanigans and the Congressional hearings over the probity or otherwise..
By Walter Ellis
Monday, 25 February 2019
It’s time to look past the Tories and Corbyn. Spring is coming
Am I alone (in these pages) in thinking that the main point of politics and the democratic process in the..
By Walter Ellis
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
The Finkielkraut Question: what happens when the gilets jaunes turn nasty?
On Saturday morning, in the run-up to Act XIII or XIV (I’ve lost count) of the gilets-jaunes insurrection, I was..
By Walter Ellis