Denis MacShane
21 November 2024
Ten things the obituaries of John Prescott won’t tell you
A government colleague remembers a charming, clever pragmatist who had the odd eggy moment or two
Read the full article16 November 2024
Trump or the EU – which way should Britain turn?
Keir Starmer finds himself caught between the populist tyrant and a politically weakened continent. Which way should he go?
Read the full article09 October 2024
What do we do now with monsieur non?
Brussels is frustrated by Keir Starmer’s red lines – and baffled by the same old talk from his new government
Read the full article03 July 2024
Sunak and Macron: the twilight of the bankers
Both leaders thought politics would be easier than finance. They were wrong
Read the full article13 May 2024
Half the shadow cabinet went to a conference. Guess what wasn’t discussed?
Labour has yet to find satisfactory answers to the Brexit question
Read the full article28 February 2024
Is the far right set to surge in this year’s European elections?
We could be 100 days away from a far right takeover of the European Parliament. But is winning headlines the same as winning votes?
Read the full article13 February 2024
‘They all sat in hate-filled silence’. The Tories and the birth of Brexit
In an exclusive extract from his diaries of 1999 and 2000, former Labour minister Denis MacShane reveals the growing xenophobia in the Tory Party under William Hague’s leadership – and how it sowed the seeds of Brexit
Read the full article04 February 2024
Orbán and Michel: the EU’s toxic twins
The Council president who U-turned over resignation and Hungary’s populist head bring shame on Brussels
Read the full article18 November 2023
Sánchez’s return as Spain’s PM is messy – but it punctures the narrative of Europe moving rightwards
The amnesty causing outrage in Madrid is no different to what happened with Blair and Northern Ireland
Read the full article17 October 2023
Three lessons from the defeat of Poland’s authoritarian government
The populists have been stopped in their tracks. It will soon be Britain’s turn to do likewise
Read the full article11 October 2023
Poland’s election is a battle for the country’s soul
Can Donald Tusk turn back the populist tide in this weekend’s election? Or will PiS deal yet another blow to the EU’s hopes of unity?
Read the full article23 November 2022
The EU’s wild card
In a union built on diplomacy, foreign minister Josep Borrell’s undiplomatic language has caused a stir - yet he has made more progress than his predecessors
Read the full article18 August 2022
The echoes of Nixon in Greece
A phone-tapping scandal threatens to end the rule of prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and give power back to a reinvigorated left
Read the full article19 August 2021
Poland’s war on its own press
The country’s media is being forced back to the dark days of the Iron Curtain, warns ex-Europe minister DENIS MACSHANE, a former journalist once arrested in Warsaw by the communist authorities
Read the full article09 July 2021
Europe’s populists who got left behind
This was meant to be its moment but across the continent, populism has peaked. So what is replacing it?
Read the full article08 July 2021
Tribute to a lifelong European
Denis MacShane on the late Dick Leonard, former Labour MP and dedicated campaigner to the European cause
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16 April 2021
Former minister blasts Boris Johnson’s defence policy for cutting links with European allies
20 November 2020
Can our royals salvage links between Europe and Brexit Britain?
08 October 2020
11 reasons why Boris Johnson will be bounced into securing a Brexit deal
12 May 2020
Former David Cameron aide is right to blast Tories for ignoring Brexit extension
05 May 2020
How Britain turned its back on Churchill’s vision for Europe soon after celebrating VE Day
23 April 2020
Boris Johnson’s return will lead to more agonising over Brexit rather than coronavirus
04 June 2019
DENIS MACSHANE: The threat of no-deal is now very real – Labour must unite to end it
05 May 2019
DENIS MACSHANE: Chances of a Brexit deal between May and Corbyn are becoming less and less likely
12 April 2019
DENIS MACSHANE: Labour’s election message must be about a final say referendum
