BY NICHOLAS ENGERT Many years ago I arrived early one morning in St Mark’s Square, Venice, before the crowds had started to gather. The air was fresh and cool and the sky a clear blue. And there, in front of the cathedral facade, an Italian flag fluttered high on one of the flagpoles. It was a glorious sight. The green, white and red vertical stripes … Continue reading Red, White & Blue
BY NIGEL WINTER Few people have inadvertently done more for French exports than Frederick Forsyth. For his The Day of The Jackal did for the Citroen DS (or Goddess in France), as The Italian Job did for the Mini Cooper. Now in its 70th year the Citroen has been elevated to a place on the freshly minted €10 coin. The Citroen enjoyed the unshakable patronage … Continue reading Vive La Goddess
BY ALEX STORY Old Europe and the Americas are set on very different paths. Germany, France and the United Kingdom are visibly stuck. El Salvador, Argentina and the United States, on the other hand, are not. Politically, Germany and France have become difficult places to govern, to say the least. The fragile German three-party coalition government collapsed in November 2024 over the beleaguered country’s economic … Continue reading The Great Bifurcation
BY MARK TAC Yesterday the French voted in the first round of the parliamentary elections unexpectedly called by Macron after his party’s dismal performance in the European Parliamentary elections. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (RN) came out way ahead of all the other parties in those Europeans and polls were right to suggest the RN would achieve a majority in the parliamentary elections. So, … Continue reading Some Thoughts on French Elections
BY EFFIE DEANS As France descends into anarchy with rioting, looting and arson because of a policeman shooting a 17-year-old in Nanterre on the outskirts of Paris, it is easy to look on French difficulties and reflect fortunately such things don’t happen here. But of course, such things have happened here. There were riots in London in 2011 when the police shot someone and further … Continue reading We Too Must Embrace the Benefits of Migration
BY MARK TAC As ever with La Belle France, nothing is really as it seems. The unpalatable truth for the French is they have never recovered from their Revolution which was a bloody disaster for the country as was the fact that Napoleon grabbed power, wrecked Europe, and left France exhausted. All they could do was give a Gallic shrug and carry on. Five years … Continue reading Notes from France
BY ALEX STORY The British Government is engaged in a war of attrition against its own people. Our borders, defended over centuries at such high costs, have vanished. Sue Braverman, our current Home Secretary, sounded earnest when she said the country faced an “invasion” last October. She was promptly attacked by government lawyers as either “reckless” or “deliberate” – Lawyers for whom we pay. They, … Continue reading The Long Road
BY ALEX STORY The French Presidential elections are about to run their course. The two round election was introduced by General De Gaulle as the Fifth Republic was installed in 1958. It will be the eleventh such election since then. The first round would enable the populace to vote with their hearts. They would be able to vote for any and every party under the … Continue reading Boiling a Frog
BY ALEX STORY The Russian invasion of Ukraine has revealed a great deal. The West can bark but lost, seemingly, much of its teeth. The alliance, whatever that means, is strong on words but feeble in deeds. And it is, as the Good Book reminds us, “by their deeds” that “you shall know them”. We have wagged our finger at the Russian Bear with gusto, … Continue reading By Their Actions
BY DANIEL JUPP In France paramilitary forces are beating the hell out of citizens on the street. I’ve seen the footage. Brutal baton wielding attacks on young women where five or six men in black balaclavas and combat gear all attack one person who is offering no violence. In New Zealand, a country in which many people have relatives abroad, the right to travel has … Continue reading Tectonic Shifting
BY ROCHELLE BLAKEMAN I always thought the French cared about their farmers more than the British. Much like in Italy, French culture holds food as sacrosanct. We Brits drench everything in lard and grease apparently, much to the dismay of some of my international friends – especially up North. We’re much more likely to eat casually whilst watching Coronation Street whilst our European cousins (especially … Continue reading France’s Forgotten Farmers
BY EFFIE DEANS France is a rather odd place. It is not merely the chunk of the European continent across the Channel. It also includes two islands in the Caribbean, Guadeloupe and Martinique, a little bit of South America, French Guiana, and two islands in the Indian Ocean, Réunion and Mayotte. These are part of France in just the same way as Picardy and Normandy. … Continue reading Macron’s Geography Lesson
BY PAUL NEWALL We should watch on with some interest the events in Paris and Brussels where the mainstream media is informing us that a movement known as the Gilets jaunes are protesting a hike in fuel taxes as part of French president Emmanuel Macron’s green taxation programme resultant from the Paris Climate Accord. (Macron has just folded to their demands.) Looking beneath the surface there are … Continue reading Yellow Macron Folds
BY MANDY BALDWIN In our common struggle against those waning Globalists who deny our unique identities, it’s vital that we remember genuine friendships between nations. We may have a network of relationships around the globe, but for Britain, our defining friendships are with France and the USA, representing Europe and the Anglosphere respectively. Much of the American Constitution is rooted in Magna Carta, first declaration … Continue reading Red, White & Blue
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN As I write this piece from Biarritz on the French Atlantic coast, the September sun is shining and waves are crashing down onto the beach in front of the Hotel de la Plage. A dozen or so surfers attempt to gain traction from the occasionally useable waves. The terrace cafe in which I am sitting is much quieter than a month ago, … Continue reading A Postcard from Biarritz
BY ANASTASIA CHOO Andrea Leadsom, who helped spearhead the Brexit Campaign, announced on 18th October a Five-Year post-Brexit plan to boost the British economy by almost £3 Billion through the export of British products. What were her genius “British” products? Tea, jam and biscuits. Tea is from China and the best jam and biscuits tend to herald from France. It’s not difficult to see why … Continue reading Keep Calm, Drink Tea
