Europe – Peter Geoghegan

‘Is It Worse to Be Run from Edinburgh or London?’

By peterPosted on 18th September 2014Posted in independence, ScotlandTagged britain, Edinburgh, england, Europe, highlands, Holyrood, Independence, London, politics, Referendum, Scotland, western isles, westminster

In his book, the Making of the Crofting Community, the Scottish historian James Hunter quotes a small farmer in the Highlands as saying they “hate us in London but ignore us in Edinburgh.” Standing on the windswept pier at Stornoway, the main town on the isle of Lewis, both metropoles feel like a world away. The twice-daily […]

No Real Case for Continental Drift

By peterPosted on 8th February 2010Posted in Books, Sunday Business PostTagged America, Europe, Ireland, Narcissism of Minor Differences, Peter Baldwin

This review of Peter Baldwin’s insight new book The Narcissism of Minor Differences: How America and Europe are Alike appeared in The Sunday Business Post a few weeks back: Last summer, US president Barack Obama announced plans to extend medical cover to more than 31 million uninsured Americans. To judge by the reaction of certain […]