Politics

Paul Connew on Donald Trump’s re-election masterplan. Irma and Harvey aren’t the only hurricanes to have traumatised America lately. There’s Hurricane Donald, too. A different kind of hurricane that only devastates the minds of Capitol Hill politicians and leaves bemused citizens with a wary eye on the democratic climate and posing the same question as […]

It might not have grabbed the world’s attention yet but, says AURORA TORRES, the over-exploitation of sand is a looming crisis for the globe, causing environmental destruction, putting communities at risk and sparking illegal black markets When people picture sand spread across idyllic beaches and endless deserts, they understandably think of it as an infinite […]

Anxiety is battering the pound – and everyone is feeling the pinch. But it is not just consumers that will suffer as ANGELA JAMESON explains As the world waited for a glimpse of the first $1,000 iPhone, closer to home the problem of soaring prices for everyday goods, rather than for the hottest gadget, is […]

Robert Miller, the Brexiteer who keeps writing to us without being published finally gets his say in The New European A selection of the many emails received by The New European from Robert Miller – Credit: Archant THE NEW EUROPEAN: Who is Robert Miller? ROBERT MILLER: Well, I’m 49 and am currently in Liverpool. And […]

The rejection of expertise, the rejection of facts, embrace of sweeping, ill-informed opinions – welcome to the age of the oaf Nigel Farage (2014) – Credit: PA Archive/PA Images If ever there’s a picture to sum up our times it’s the one disseminated widely last week of Donald Trump and Nigel Farage standing together looking […]