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So reads the title of a comment piece in Spiegel following Cameron’s treaty opt-out last week. As Denis MacShane pointed out, the potential effects of his decision are far from clear, insofar as how it will affect both British domestic politics – with the coalition...

For the second time in as many weeks, I’m staring at a blank screen. The cursor is flashing but the words don’t come easily. I’m a politician; I’m rarely without something to say. But last Sunday, 16 October, I sat for hours looking at my computer screen. Knowing that...

A deadly famine is currently ravaging Somalia and the rest of the African Horn and it shows no sign of abating. Four million people in Somalia, some 50 per cent of the population, face starvation. Once the famine has reached its cruel climax, it is estimated that it...

The United Kingdom is now an immigrant nation. So Paul Scheffer, a Dutch academic and writer, rightly says. His book Immigrant Nations has just been translated into English. He points out that European countries now have proportions of their population born abroad...