Opposition leader reminds Prime Minister Cameron “he is talking about people, not insects.”
David Stewart
David Stewart, S.J., who was the London correspondent for America from 2014 to 2020, files from his native Scotland, where he now lives and works.
Acropolis Now
The Greek referendum result is a dramatic watershed moment in European political history.
Greek Referendum Voters Face Scylla and Charybdis Choice
The significance of this mounting and rapidly developing Greek tragedy most politicians in Europe agree is its likely effect on the stability of the single currency the beleaguered euro if not on the whole European project itself If there is a Greek exit the vaunted ldquo Grexit rdquo from
Watch Your Waste
‘The hungry nations of the world cry out to the peoples blessed with abundance.’
800 Years On, Magna Carta Celebrated
New research suggests bishops had central role in document’s creation and promulgation.
FBI Tackles FIFA Corruption in Swiss Dawn Arrests
It is precisely the huge appeal of this world sport that attracts the greed.
U.K. Elections: Cameron Returned
British pundits, pollsters and commentators all got it comprehensively wrong. Even senior politicians could not believe what they were seeing, and not one of them dared to claim they had predicted this. As the particularly British ritual of vote-counts in drafty sports halls amid solemn victory conf
Confounding UK polls, Cameron and Conservatives Remain in Residence at 10 Downing Street
Absolutely nobody saw that coming Pundits pollsters and commentators all got it comprehensively wrong Even the senior politicians could not believe what they were seeing and not one of them dared to claim they had predicted this At precisely one second after 10 p m when the polls closed the d
On Eve of UK Election, Coalition Looking Likely
On a blustery sunny Wednesday afternoon here in London on the last day of what has been by UK standards a long General Election campaign no clear winner is evident Polls suggest a slight edge for the incumbent Prime Minister David Cameron rsquo s Conservatives but not enough for an outright win
Three Days to Go, UK Election Up for Grabs
Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon emerges as most striking campaign personality
