Denis MacShane MP Articles

It is 30 years since the bitterly cold night in December when the communist secret police in Poland fanned out to arrest thousands of leaders of the Soviet bloc’s first democratic trade union. In Warsaw and Krakow and Gdansk there was the smash on the door between...

Like free trade in the 19th century and the Irish question 100 years ago, the Europe problem is now going to dominate parliament until the next election and perhaps much longer. As MPs mull over what has happened there are 10 aspects from the crisis over British...

As ‘Double-Dip’ George prepares for his U-turn and, in the words of Mary Riddell, announces a splurge of spending, there is an uncanny sense that we are reliving the 1970s. After the 25 years of mixed economy, state-owned, welfare state society that was put in place...

Why is anyone surprised that young Conservative students at St Andrew’s University made an effigy of President Obama, wrapped it in an EU flag, and burnt it on a bonfire to the cheers and amusement of all present? It is a bit rude on the eve of Thanksgiving but the...