Tag: politics

GERMAN INDUSTRIAL DEVASTATION AND NOW US TARIFFS

The right, in particular the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has long gone on the attack over Germany’s rapid deindustrialization under a hapless government led by the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens. The party’s co-leader, Alice Weidel, called German Chancellor Olaf Scholz the ‘chancellor of decline’ last year.

THE THAMES AND THE RHINE

Two babes were born one happy morn’, They came with love divine: And a mother smiled on the River Thames, And a mother smiled on the Rhine. . These children grew so brave and true, Each mother said, ‘how fine’, And hearts were glad on the River Thames, […]