London Calling

London Calling 24 – UK’s Shameful Retreat from Afghanistan

ISSN: 2736-6065 Blog Post by Irina von Wiese, former LibDem MEP   London Calling is the European Liberal Forum’s column aimed at bridging the Channel.  In her recent article entitled ‘Liberal Democracy is Worth a Fight’, Anne Applebaum questions the pacifist…


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London Calling 23 – The New Multilateralism

ISSN: 2736-6065 Blog Post by Irina von Wiese, former LibDem MEP   London Calling is the European Liberal Forum’s column aimed at bridging the Channel.  Alas, it wasn’t coming home to England. Football, that is – but a number of world…


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London Calling 22 – Hostile Environment Extended

ISSN: 2736-6065 Blog Post by Irina von Wiese, former LibDem MEP   London Calling is the European Liberal Forum’s column aimed at bridging the Channel.  As pro-EU Britain recovers from the (mostly) discouraging local and parliamentary by-election results, which saw the…


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London Calling 21 – Global Britain Backtracking

ISSN: 2736-6065 Blog Post by Irina von Wiese, former LibDem MEP   London Calling is the European Liberal Forum’s column aimed at bridging the Channel.  Despite the fanfare with which Johnson launched his new Global Britain agenda, the reality of post-Covid…




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London Calling 18 – Crackdown on Civil Liberties

ISSN: 2736-6065 Blog Post by Irina von Wiese, former LibDem MEP   London Calling is the European Liberal Forum’s column aimed at bridging the Channel.  Almost a year ago, I wrote about attempts by authoritarian regimes to use the Covid pandemic…