It is often said that Berlin will become the new London, the chosen home of a multitude of immigrant communities who shape and define the city's charm, along with a vast mix of young students and professionals, plus the presence of an enormous amount of artists and musicians. Previously, Berlin was known mostly for its [...]
The question remains: with whom? With the false leaders who are now on the run, with the limping masters who cannot run, radio presenters who pretend to hold some knowledge by virtue of having gathered myriads of opinions and testimonies of their listeners. There is some remainder of the power to know people cling to. [...]
It is an impolitic demand, then, in the sense of not being shrewd or judicious certainly, but also im-political in the sense that the demand corresponds to no traditional political ideal, neither of universality or economic self interest, other than to be treated as one-all-alone. It is a demand to be accorded a special deal [...]
What then has this referendum been about? The people of Britain have spoken, but there is still no clarity about just what it is that they are supposed to have said. We wake up to the news of a country more fractured, more divided than ever before – not just in against out, but also [...]
It has been a few months since the UK national elections, and I still cannot help feeling that it was won by the UKIP, with four million votes and counting, whose policies of wanting to withdraw from the EU are well known. The party’s chairman, Nigel Farage, has kept drumming that withdrawal is the only [...]
