Europe Articles

It is a cliché to say that being the leader of the opposition is the toughest job in politics. Perhaps it is time to revise that statement: the political and organisational challenges that will face the next one will be nothing like those facing the new Liberal...

The Greek deal is a bad one. We really need to understand how serious the situation is. By 'we' I mean committed pro-Europeans: people, like me, who strongly believe Britain's place is at the heart of the European Union. Let us think about what happened in Greece, and...

After the Oxi landslide many Greeks are fearful. ‘I am scared. But if we leave Europe we are alone. Turkey, Syria, Russia, the banks are closed and our economy in crisis. What we do?’, one friend asks It was the young who, overwhelmingly, gave Alexis Tsipiras the Oxi...

It is time for Labour’s first woman prime minister, argues Liz Kendall Wearing a Hillary Clinton signature pantsuit, Liz Kendall strides into the room. We meet her ahead of a whistle stop she is taking to the marginal seats Labour was expecting to win last month and...