Last week, the ONS figures for April came in. They were, to put an inadequate word to the crisis, terrible. We now have the highest level of unemployment claimants for…

The history of the 20th Century is filled with examples of when the United States came to Europe’s rescue. Before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, the American economy had been…

The Western Balkans has never triumphed without strategic clarity from Europe. After the culmination of the Kosovan war, EU leaders and the Western Balkan states met at a summit, in…

Coronavirus was a hard blow to Brazilian society. Our country was in the middle of several reforms, each attempting to help the country recover from decades of left-wing rule which…

The Coronavirus crisis has presented the world economy with a massive adverse exogenous shock that has required extraordinary measures. These so far have been about putting the economy to sleep…

Freedom of speech is the heart of Western democracy. If the heart is sick, inevitably the whole body will be severely damaged. But what is the virus that has infected…

“Lord, make me chaste – but not yet,” St Augustine famously said, as he sought to postpone his appointment with Christ’s demanding moral code. Much the same can be said…

We are now into the start of the period where seasonal migrants come into the country in their tens of thousands to help farmers harvest their crops. It is estimated…