UK Politics David Laws on why the Lib Dems rejected Labour in the May 2010 coalition negotiations The Lib Dem MP and author of 22 Days in May responds to 5 Days in May author Andrew Adonis' review of his book with a… By David Lawday
A triumph of the right Europe - The paradox of France's stunning No vote is that, while it leaves Chirac a lame duck, it… By David Lawday
The French keep it in the family Many in Britain feel smug about France’s vote on the European constitution. If the French say “no” on 29… By David Lawday
Blair ruins the French dream With Britain at its heart, the EU isn't what it once was - and now France is just as… By David Lawday
NS Profile – Nicolas Sarkozy The son of a Hungarian immigrant, the interior minister has taken France by storm. Can he now push C By David Lawday
Germany takes its medicine badly Tony Blair's problems are nothing to what Chancellor Schroder faces in Berlin. His party loathes him By David Lawday
Strangest of bedfellows The entente cordiale, to be celebrated by the Queen in a sentimental speech, is a lie. In 1904, it… By David Lawday
Why France is tied in knots over girls who wear the scarf The French shed blood to overthrow clerical power and establish republican values. They still believ By David Lawday
Now French intellectuals love America Contrary as always, the philosophers and literati of France have decided that they should stick up f By David Lawday