Europe
Brexit is back — and COVID has transformed negotiations
Coronavirus has dwarfed any changes Brexit might bring. We are over that cliff edge already
How Macron gamed the EU COVID fund
The ‘transfer union’, it turns out, will largely be a transfer to France
Are young people more likely to catch COVID?
Young people tend to indulge in the highest amount of social mixing
Cambridge University is kowtowing to China
Further investigation of Jesus College’s China Centre site suggests all is not well
Germany’s flag burning ban is a threat to freedom of expression
The defilement of flags is not about the protection of individuals
Sweden has pioneered an alternative to lockdown — and it works
Confinement is not a good way to manage uncertainty
Extremists are going to thrive in the post-lockdown world
When I trawl the chat boards and the jihadi messenger groups it’s clear that they are preparing to exploit the economic crisis to come
France’s bid to tame the German giant
Fear is rising of an asymmetric European economic exit from the pandemic
This is not a natural disaster, but a manmade one
I am steeped in dread. I foresee months, if not years, of inane gesturing towards ‘safety’ that makes no appreciable difference to the nation’s health
The British state needs rewiring
Britain has long prided itself on its Rolls-Royce government machine, but this crisis has exposed its limitations
Marion Maréchal and La France profonde
Marine Le Pen’s niece has plans for a new ‘Latin Alliance’ to protect European liberty
League of nations: the race out of lockdown
We’re taking part in a worldwide laboratory experiment
Can we trust COVID modeling?
The evidence from Sweden suggests not
Coronavirus offers another excuse for the New York Times to bash Britain
The Gray Lady’s anti-British animus is worth highlighting
No evidence of children passing on COVID-19 to relatives, says Icelandic study
The study’s outcome appears to indicate that reopening schools would be safe
President Trump’s support for Taiwan is welcome
The US government has done more than most to enhance ties with Taipei
The French coronavirus approach could be working
There’s a greater maturity in the way that the French press have covered the crisis and that’s reflected in the behavior of the people and politicians
Iceland and the story of a very British invasion
The British diplomats explained that they were terribly sorry about the inconvenience
Ten reasons to end the lockdown now
Lockdown is impairing our ability to live with the effects of this virus, while not changing the long game
Forget Neil Ferguson’s personal failures — it’s his science that needs scrutiny
We should welcome the efforts to test and even to tear down the Imperial model — this is what the scientific process is
In defense of the British Empire
If the Empire was a system of exploitation, it was a very inept one
Hugging China hasn’t done Britain any favors
It isn’t healthy to be told that you’re chewing gum on the sole of another country’s shoes
Sweden and Britain are not the same
Swedes are (for the most part) Swedish. Culturally and ethnically homogeneous, they tend to conform
This pandemic has put British politics on fast-forward
‘The past two months have been like two years of government,’ says one cabinet minister
Merkel has lost control of Germany’s coronavirus response
The fate of the country and its success story in this crisis now lies in the hands of the 16 state governments
