John Lichfield
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Poppies and the souring of an honourable tradition
Saturday, 6 November 2010
John Lichfield: The poppy is a symbol of sacrifice and death; it is also a symbol of renewal and hope.
John Lichfield: Rolls-Royce stands to lose more than Qantas if investigation finds fault
Friday, 5 November 2010
The engine failure on the A380 superjumbo is a potentially serious blow to the European aircraft industry – and especially to the British engine-maker Rolls-Royce.
Sarkozy came to power on a mission to change a nation. He has failed
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
John Lichfield: President Nicolas Sarkozy came to power three years ago planning not just to reform France but to mess with, and change, the country's mind. Like Margaret Thatcher in Britain in the 1980s, he set out to create a more enterprising, can-do country; less obsessed with acquired rights and traditions and prepared to unleash its own latent creativity and to "work harder to earn more".
John Lichfield: Europe needs sceptics
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
When France and Germany saw the EU as themselves writ large, they sought closer union. But as its size increased, the Federalist countries backed off. Is the 'British' idea of a looser alliance of states now Europe's future?
Sarkogate: All Le President’s men?
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
The crisis engulfing France's President Sarkozy is drawing comparisons with the Watergate scandal of the 1970s. John Lichfield considers the evidence
Holidaying en masse: What France can teach us about the Big Society
Saturday, 24 July 2010
John Lichfield: The French love to do their own thing so long as everyone else is doing roughly the same. They love to break rules, but they expectthe state to clean up the mess
The Bettencourt affair: Sarkozy's summer of scandal
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
John Lichfield: He came to power as a new kind of politician. Now the French President is beset by troubles.
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Much better simply to boycott Topshop or Vodafone if you feel strongly
• Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Ghost of Tiny Tim haunts coalition
If only we had our own Dickens to fight for our defenceless young
• Charles Nevin: These are a few of my favourite short things
1. Shortbread. 2. Winning jockeys. 3. Shakespeare's Sonnets. 4. Whisky.
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