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Heffer: Germany’s economic colonisation of Europe (17)

The elaborate pretence that the European Union and its stricken currency will shortly be saved after some little local difficulties is now becoming ever more desperate. The coup d’etat in Athens over the weekend, which saw the demise of the … Continue reading

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Heffer: Euro crisis – Britain needs to prepare for an economic dark age next door (5)

On a shimmering day last June, I was talking to one of our most intelligent diplomats about the future of the euro. He told me, matter-of-factly, that there would be a serious crisis again before Christmas, and he suggested that … Continue reading

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Heffer: Out of touch and out of favour

The extent of the kicking the Democratic party has received in the mid-term elections will be clear by the time you read this. America has been concentrating in recent days not on who would win – that seemed obvious – … Continue reading

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Heffer: The goodwill of the middle classes can no longer be taken for granted

There was an arresting headline on the front page of Le Figaro last Saturday, which summed up the end-of-tetherness of Johnny Frenchman these days. “Grèves, manifestations, blocages: les Français en ont assez.” Strikes, protests, blockades: the French have had enough. … Continue reading

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Heffer: The end of the road for Barack Obama?

It is a universal political truth that administrations do not begin to fragment when things are going well: it only happens when they go badly, and those who think they know better begin to attack those who manifestly do not. … Continue reading

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