Jeremy Corbyn isn’t anti-war. He’s just anti-West
Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/parisattacksaftermath/media.mp3 Before the bodies in Paris’s restaurants were cold, Jeremy Corbyn’s Stop the War Coalition knew who the real villains were — and...
View ArticleIan Rankin’s diary: Paris, ignoring Twitter and understanding evil
After ten days away, I spent last Friday at home alone, catching up on washing, shopping for cat food, answering emails. Quotidian stuff. An early dinner with one of my sons, and I was in bed at a...
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Paris The terror attacks on Friday have given President François Hollande an opportunity to be statesmanlike, and he has tried his best. He quickly declared a state of emergency and summoned a special...
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‘They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He shends one of yoursh to the hospital, you shend one of hish to the morgue.’ Thus Sean Connery in The Untouchables, explaining how you fight a war ‘Chicago-style’....
View ArticleFrance: #ToutsAuBistrot!
My word, I do like the French! That’s up there with things I thought I’d never say, like ‘Just the one, please.’ But after spending three days in Paris two weeks after the Islamist massacre, I have...
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The terrorist attacks of 13 November have had an enduring effect on people living in Paris and France’s other big cities. Hotel bookings and restaurant reservations are down, and some people will no...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn isn’t anti-war. He’s just anti-West
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View ArticleIan Rankin’s diary: Paris, ignoring Twitter and understanding evil
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Paris The terror attacks on Friday have given President François Hollande an opportunity to be statesmanlike, and he has tried… See the full story of The politics of terror on The Spectator.
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View ArticleHollande’s own emergency
PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 07: Armed French police patrol near the Boulevard de Barbes in the north of Paris on January 7, 2016 in Paris, France. French police have shot dead a man as he attempted to gain...
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