Well, who's doing the provoking? At any rate, places Merkel in an "interesting" spot. (View Post)

The old saw is that since the founding of the Fifth Republic, every succeeding French President has been worse than his predecessor. I had thought that trend must, surely, end with Hollande. Who coul… (View Post)

Doing rather better than Scotland, it has to be said. In fact, hugely better. Wonder whether any of this will register with the voters? (View Post)

Those EU member states not keen on seeing the UK break up, notably Spain but there are others, will ensure that an independent Scotland receives no favours. Even the paper written by the SNP's Andrew… (View Post)

You do wonder whether an "Abolish the Parliament" party might at some point gain traction, as per Wales. Now may not be the moment, but it would reframe the debate a bit. That's probably th… (View Post)