Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis delivered a monologue on inequality in the time of coronavirus and openly criticised a government minister. This is not her job and just shows why the licence fee should be canned. Emily Maitlis delivered a monologue to the British people on Wednesday night. The Newsnight presenter kicked off the show by...
What was once idle speculation in the bars of Brussels is now mainstream – even leading Europhiles like Jacques Delors are talking openly about how the bloc's growing divisions may lead to a dramatic break-up. Speculation about the end of the European Union project perpetually circulates the normally-packed bars of Brussels' elegant Place du Luxembourg,...
As a privileged, rich Old Etonian, the prime minister represents everything I despise. But his dying from coronavirus would just turn him into a martyr. He needs to recover so that we can hold him to account for his actions. I live in the North East of England, in a place called Seaham, where there...
Russia will send 24 military personnel and equipment to Bosnia and Herzegovina to help fight the coronavirus, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. Three flights will deliver the aid on Thursday, the ministry said. The first plane has already landed at Banja Luka International Airport. It was welcomed by the Serb member of the...
Just as French patience is beginning to wear thin over a nationwide quarantine, Paris authorities have now prohibited any outdoor exercise in the daytime. Clearly this plan was not thought through to the end. Perhaps the well-known adage about ‘good intentions' and the ‘road to hell' was never better exemplified than by the latest regulation...
The US and UK are emerging as the worst-hit nations from the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead of admitting inherent failings and facing public accountability, the narrative is to blame it all on China and even demand compensation. A study by the rightwing London-based Henry Jackson Society claims that China is liable to pay at least $4...
The Italian government won a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday over an emergency decree that lays out measures worth €25 billion ($28 billion) to support an economy battered by a severe Covid-19 outbreak. The ‘Heal Italy' package, presented by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on March 16, suspends loan and mortgage repayments for hard-hit...
