I’ve always thought there’s something reassuring, perhaps comforting, about Mutti Merkel. Someone whose favourite soup is potato and who bakes her own plum pudding can’t be all bad, and might be the sort of stalwart personality you’d need in a crisis.
Shaping news: terrorism spreads in the Sahel and China plays peace-broker in the Middle East
Pay attention to the shaping news, not just the breaking news.