Paul Winter

Dec 11, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Paul Winter

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Dec 11, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Anna Parker |Paul Winter |Heather White |Lauren Booker

When the First World War began in 1914, Prague was the third-largest city in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Four years later it was the capital of an independent nation-state, the Czechoslovak Republic. Yet Prague did not experience fighting, and many of its citizens woke up on October 29, 1918 – the day after independence – to a new world that seemed strikingly similar to the old one.

Oct 3, 2023 | thecritic.co.uk | Paul Winter

Over the past forty years, the Conservative Party has staked its reputation and electoral appeal on being the party of law and order, defence and fiscal responsibility. From the early 1990s until 2007, New Labour under Tony Blair also strove to capture the commanding heights of public confidence in these specific policy areas. Yet thirteen years after having come to power, the Tories have virtually ceased to portray themselves as the political party best placed to deliver on major policy.

Jun 25, 2023 | thecritic.co.uk | Paul Winter

As Ukraine launches its long-awaited counter-offensive against Russian forces in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions of the country, Western observers are hoping for significant military gains against Vladimir Putin’s occupying forces. Yet very real fears exist that if Ukrainian forces fail to achieve notable progress on the battlefield, another period of relative stalemate will descend upon the killing fields of Ukraine.

May 30, 2023 | thecritic.co.uk | Paul Winter

Our food security deserves more attention On 16 May 2023, a long-awaited “Farm to Fork” food summit was convened by the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, at No 10 Downing Street. As reported in the UK media, guests included supermarket giants, farmers’ representatives, and food and retail groups. The government’s aim in holding this summit was ostensibly to boost “cooperation across the supply chain” and to support “the food sector’s resilience”.