Who Voted For The BNP?

The election of Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons of the British National Party to the European Parliament has caused an uproar in the UK and beyond, with many lining up to express their disgust and revulsion. Others are looking into how this happened and what effect this will have on the nations reputation and the [...]

Custard has no place in politics

This article appeared in New Europe on 16 March 2009, and is an rewritten and updated version of an earlier piece
There was much schadenfreude at the sight of former trade Commissioner, and current Secretary of State for Business, Peter Mandelson being covered in custard by climate change protestor, Leila Deen last week. Amongst the press [...]

Chris Davies MEP

I recorded two excellent interviews with Chris Davies,  one of Britain’s most effective Members of the European Parliament and recently nominated as MEP of the Year.
He’s recently visited Gaza, and blogged from there. He’s also known for leaking a report into MEP’s expenses and was recently busted for posessing cannabis as part of his decriminalisation [...]

Off The Books

Due to its secretive nature and the unwillingness of participants to discuss it, facts and figures on the black economy tend to be estimates. It is certainly an opaque phenomenon, rather like the elusive dark matter that CERN is spending billions seeking. Together takes a look.
No-one knows for sure just how pervasive it is or [...]

The Avuncular American

Gerald Loftus had every reason to be in a good mood when our correspondent tracked him down – as one of Belgium’s Democrats Abroad Speakers Bureau, Barack Obama’s victory left him elated and exhausted, but only too willing to share his thoughts with Together.
I ask him what he sees as the world’s reaction to the [...]

Backing Barack

Why The Economist is getting behind Barack and the problems that lie ahead of him according to David Rennie.

Speaking at an event organised in Brussels by a French speakers association, Forum 311, David Rennie, the Economist’s Europe Correspondent explained the newspapers recent endorsement of the Democrat candidate.
“Don’t imagine that people in America care what [...]