Gisela Stuart
Labour’s Uphill Task
The Labour MP who has represented Edgbaston for 20 years also bids farewell with a warning to her party of tough times ahead
The Rise of UKIP is Labour’s Problem Too
It can only be defeated if we too promise an in/out referendum on EU membership and fair, not free, movement of labour in Europe
What Makes Her Tick?
Will the real Angela Merkel please stand up? After reading Stefan Kornelius’s official biography the German Chancellor remains a mystery
Auf Wiedersehen, Euro
‘The interests of Germany and Europe are the same: Germany should leave the euro’
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal