Bruno Waterfield
Newspaper Correspondent at The Times
Newspaper man by trade, Brussels correspondent for the Times. Radical democrat by conviction, supporter of free speech.
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3 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Bruno Waterfield |Oliver Moody
The European Convention on Human Rights must adapt in the face of a growing political backlash against migration, with “no taboo” on rewriting its rules, the head of the Council of Europe has said. In a rare interview, the chief of the organisation responsible for the convention said the binding legal text for 46 countries, including Britain, which is regularly invoked in asylum cases, should be reformed.
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3 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Larisa Brown |Bruno Waterfield
UK under dual pressure to increase defence spending nowComments from General Sir Richard Barrons come alongside renewed US demands for Britain to increase its defence spending faster
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3 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Bruno Waterfield
A rare condom that is almost 200 years old has gone on display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which is world-famous for its Rembrandts and Vermeer exhibitions. The contraceptive, thought to date back to 1830, is probably made from a piece of sheep’s gut and features an erotic, or pornographic, etching depicting a nun and three clergymen.
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3 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Bruno Waterfield
The Dutch government faces collapse after Geert Wilders announced on Tuesday morning that his hard-right Party for Freedom (PVV) has pulled out of the country’s fractious conservative coalition. On Monday night a coalition meeting failed to agree on tough asylum demands from Wilders, which would breach European Union law. Emergency talks on Tuesday to resolve the situation lasted minutes. “No signature for our asylum plans,” Wilders said on social media.
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3 weeks ago |
thetimes.com | Bruno Waterfield
With his bouffant peroxide blond hairdo and incendiary, uncompromising language attacking Islam and Muslims, Geert Wilders has been one of Europe’s most instantly recognisable politicians. Sometimes dubbed the “Dutch Trump”, he had been a stalwart of the extreme nationalist movement — together with Marine Le Pen in France — for many years before Europe’s populist wave finally lifted him to a surprise election victory in November 2023.
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Great satire that captures the mood and centrist dismay very well
Nie dorośliśmy do demokracji. Przepraszam państwa, ale jak my mamy spojrzeć demokratycznej Europie w oczy. Kraj który tyle przecierpiał zmienia swe barwy na czarno- brunatne. Najgorsze jest to, że nieświadomi prości ludzie po podstawówce zdecydowali za nas. Dramat!
Palais de Justice was Hitler's favourite building as he passed through Brussels in June 1940. A vile edifice - quite literally rotten. Knock it down https://t.co/GZ85ArxNvq
RT @lara_spirit: EXC: Starmer is close to striking a trade deal with the EU that would allow British firms to bid for the €150 billion EU d…