This may be solely about Britain, but it is still an interesting read. Read here

Politics is dominated by a “lumpen intelligentsia”: “earnest types who enthuse about ideas, simplify them and believe fervently that their crude and wholesale application will solve complex social problems.” Read here  

Simon Jenkins is of the opinion that the political elite of the EU and Spain are making a right mess of dealing with the Catalans and calls for new approach to autonomy within the EU. […]