Europe Woody Johnson

Aug 2, 2024 | thespectator.com | John Keiger |Owen Matthews |Europe Woody Johnson |James Heale

In the last years of Louis XVI’s reign, French finances were in a parlous state. State debt had ballooned, its servicing became exorbitant, and France’s creditworthiness sunk. The need to raise taxes after years of profligacy forced the monarch to summon the Estates General — the first time since 1614 — to obtain their approval. A series of scandals linked to the monarchy fueled popular anger. All ushered in the July 1789 Revolution.

Aug 1, 2024 | thespectator.com | James Heale |Elisenne Stoller |Ella Johnson |Europe Woody Johnson

Milwaukee, WisconsinIf Donald Trump does return to the White House, then another restoration could soon follow. Woody Johnson, a confidant of the president since the 1980s, served as his man in London from 2017 to 2021 and is now tipped for a second spell as ambassador to the UK. “What I know about President Trump is if he asks you to do something, you probably do it,” Johnson says. “So, it depends on what he would want me to do, if anything.

Jul 18, 2024 | thespectator.com | Daniel McCarthy |Europe Woody Johnson |James Heale |Elisenne Stoller

Niall Ferguson is far from the first intellectual to compare the United States today to the Soviet Union of old. But Ferguson’s Free Press essay “We’re All Soviets Now” stirred up more discussion, and outrage, than earlier forays by others on the same theme.