Jon Snow
There is what feels like a nasty coalition between the media and the political classes. There seems to be an acute desire to bring whatever it is to the boil and then lance it (mixing metaphors). But I’m not sure there is actually anything very specific to bring to the boil beyond the residual right-left…
BOULOGNE, FRANCE – I’m sitting surveying the docks in Boulogne-sur-Mer – which, I’m told, is France’s premier fishing port. Not for much longer. Fishermen from Boulogne, Calais and Dunkirk have, after two days of blockades – which disrupted ferry traffic across the channel – thrown in the towel in the face of threatened fines which none…
Jon Snow
Lunch in store today with EU President Barroso. The Portuguese politician has had a bigger impact on world politics than most of his predecessors. I’ve interviewed him before but not had this sort of an encounter. It will be intriguing to see what he makes of the EU’s future, under siege from the disintegrating economies…
NEAR JELGAVA, LATVIA – Janis Vitins strides across his farmyard, his camouflaged parka coat buttoned up tight because it is minus four degrees out here, though with the wind it feels like minus eight. I say “his farmyard”, and it is true that his cat is snuggled up in the barn and his dog still…