Belgium Prepares For British Brexit With New Drones, Submarine Scanners And Customs Officers
The seemingly blasé or relaxed attitude of some mainstream politicians and commentators in the United Kingdom towards the possible failureContinue Reading
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Spain’s Conflict With Catalonia Replays Britain’s Failed Conflict With Ireland
When Sinn Féin emerged with an electoral landslide from the December 1918 general election in the then United Kingdom ofContinue Reading
Facebook’s Opportunist Defence Of Non-English Languages
Given the relative antipathy or indifference of most major internet corporations to global minority languages, or indeed to any languages other than American English,Continue Reading
The Irish Slave Mind
Given some recent conversations on ASF I thought this article might be of interest to a number of readers. It discusses the muchContinue Reading
Europe’s Democratic Tide
Quick post to highlight a couple of interesting articles touching upon Scotland’s independence campaign, the first from Conn Hallinan atContinue Reading
Eurocracy – The ECB’s Billion Euro Palace
From Der Spiegel: “Rain was falling on Frankfurt’s Ostend neighborhood as financial managers and local officials drove past dark cornerContinue Reading
The Two Belgiums
Every now and again I have a look at news and current affairs from Belgium, that most interesting of artificialContinue Reading
Enclaves And Exclaves. Why A Europe With Borders Is (Sometimes) More Fun
I love maps and the things one can learn from maps (you can probably blame J.R.R. Tolkien and Frank Herbert for that one). ImaginaryContinue Reading
Belgium, A State But Not A Nation
Some time ago I carried out a whirlwind round-up of news relating to the political fortunes of progressive nationalist movements in EuropeContinue Reading
Plucky Little Belgium – Or Why Artificial States Fail
The Irish Times reports on the continued deadlock in Belgium – and why one way or another something is going to give… ‘InContinue Reading
