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The votes are in, the turnout was huge and by a 3 point margin France will have its first Socialist President in nearly 30 years.

I, for one, am quite surprised. The polls showed François Holland and Nicholas Sarkozy practically neck and neck throughout the whole campaign. But after a poor performance in the [...]

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There’s been a lot in the news recently for example here, here and here about the recent proposal made by the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel and the French President Nicolas Sarkozy for the creation of an EU wide financial transactions tax, in other words a Tobin tax, on [...]

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On the internet there is an awful lot of content in opposition to the government’s spending cuts. It is a pleasant surprise therefore to see content emerge that bucks the trend and comes out in support of [...]

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In yet another disastrous attempt to discuss in hours issues which have been pondered for a generation (remember the Copenhagen Conference anyone?), France held the ‘e-G8’ forum last week – a prelude to the G8 summit. Here, it was lost between [...]

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The Special Relationship

On January 11, 2011 By

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As a libertarian, I feel the special relationship between Britain and America more strongly than most of my fellow countrymen. For years I have defended America against petty taunts, against those who like to generalise all Americans as being too stupid, [...]

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