New Gaza is achievable. Arab run. Demilitarised. A glittering freeport home for Palestinians.

Paradoxical Ancient Japanese Wisdom - the crazy concept that still influences Japan’s strange quirky politics today 👇

France and Czechia neatly embody the political situation in Europe right now. The old order has been swept away. Legitimacy and glory awaits parties that respond to Europeans' anti-migration, pro-economy mindset. Endless turmoil for liberals and left wingers that refuse to.

French bond yields now above Italy's.

Europe needs to learn that the state can't do everything. All the funds, regulations and incentives in the world won't build a market that isn't there, and nor will it make a bad business idea good.

This demeans the dignity of the European Parliament. Ten years ago, the idea that being an MEP was nothing but a tool to grant you legal immunity, was abhorrent. You might have noticed a decline in the quality of Parliament's oversight in that time. It's not a coincidence.

Yet another billionaire bails out of Britain. Nik Storonsky, Revolut’s billionaire co-founder, has officially changed his residency from the UK to the UAE. Valued at $75bn Revolut is Europe’s most valuable fintech & Storonsky is its largest shareholder. Another brilliant

Correct take. A Bardella or Le Pen led government would be turbulent for Europe and France, but I believe ultimately positive for both. A Melenchon government is quite literally doomsday. Europe and France would take decades to recover from the damage.

Thank you, President Trump!

I noted, in Iwakura Magazine,the difficulties that Ms. Takaichi would face in forming a coalition. Komeito has now withdrawn from the ruling coalition. The most natural partner for the LDP now would be the libertarian Ishin no Kai, but there's still some distance there.

People supporting free market principles know that only capitalism generates growth and prosperity for all. As the lefts are not able to create anything they always want to steal other people’s money and redistribute it. Unfortunately one cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.

Rural England is the most beautiful place on Planet Earth. Urban England is an apocalyptic depiction of the end times. Why is that?

This is utterly insane - France has a more communist public spending policy than the Soviet Union, and the European Union is damn close. No European ever asked for Marxist redistribution policies.

This is why free trade is the most important thing for our politicians to defend. All of our lives have been quietly, but immeasurably, enriched by our global trading system.

Germany’s far right is not just widening its lead over the centre right, it’s now polling double the what the Social Democrats are getting. Extraordinary

Ishin No Kai are a fascinating party. A libertarian party, in a country that has followed borrow-and-spend policies for close to a century. Japan has never really done small government. Ishin are *the* party to watch.

This was my weekly shop in 2014. Inflation has absolutely ruined Europe and it's almost all down to infinite government spending on things people don't want.

Not one person in the room knew what eu/acc is. Today, during a debate on competitiveness and innovation of SMEs, hosted by The Parliament Magazine, I asked the audience a simple question: 👉 “How many of you know what the Accelerating Europe movement is?” To my surprise — not a single hand

This is not something to be celebrated. Europeans should work hard, take pride in what they do, and deliver the best services and products anywhere in the world. But workers protections make it impossible to get rid of people like this. Everything rots as a consequence.

But we need a wealth tax yahhhh