1945: Labour’s foreign policy
The end of the Second World War could have ushered in a progressive foreign policy for Britain. Labour ensured that it didn’t…
Greece
Greece
The euro prison
8 July 2015
Pompously launched to the strains of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy at the start of 1991, the euro now stands revealed as a cage to trap and impoverish the peoples of Europe.
EU turns the screws on Greece
10 March 2015
Sensing weakness, the European Union is now demanding that hundreds of "troika" officials go into Greece’s ministries to examine the accounts.
1944: Britain and the battle for Athens
22 February 2015
Britain’s repressive role in the world remains for many a hidden history. One such episode occurred in Greece, after that country had been liberated from the Nazis…
Troika abandoned as EU seeks a way out
3 February 2015
In a graphic illustration of the weakness of the European Union after the Greek election, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has signalled his willingness to end the rule of the “troika”.