Although Marine le Pen lost her bid to qualify to Round 2 of the French presidential election, she created a sensation and spread anxiety in scoring 17.9%: a record 6.4 million people voted for her.
A characteristic of the National Front is that it is divisive and acrimonious at many levels.
Firstly It is a self-evident [...]
A Gonzo piece on Nicolas and Muammar…
Last week I was on a cab en route to the airport when my driver asked “so what do you think of the French bombing Libya?”
Coincidental conversation starter, as I was absorbed in reading 2 good opposed pieces on the topic: Juan Cole’s Open Letter To The Left On [...]
Is the #Wikileaks we see the Wikileaks we need?
In the December 4th issue The Economist magazine argued that none of the diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks to date “provide an earth-shattering new perspective on the way the world works”. Diplomatic secrets are as old as states so finding out that embassies are spy nests is [...]
A press clipping freshly received from your French correspondent NKN shows the dramatic picture of a former Greek right wing minister in shock after a rocky encounter with the crowd during a protest (see below). Angry constituents went after him while shouting “thief! thief!”. (He ended-up being evacuated by his bodyguards, and is ok)
Whilst Greek riots [...]
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