Category Archives: Politics

Why UKIP did so well

Posted on 2014-05-23 by Andreas Moser

My appeal seems to have worked.

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Remember that Country?

Posted on 2014-05-10 by Andreas Moser

I wonder if the ferry will split into 7 different boats once it’s in the Adriatic Sea, with the boats fighting each other for a few years before eventually all entering some EU port. (Photographed in Bari, Italy in May 2014. … Continue reading →

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“Italia dei Valori” explain anti-German election campaign

Posted on 2014-05-09 by Andreas Moser

“Europeans, not Germans,” the posters of the Italian party Italia dei Valori (“Italy of Values”) are screaming out in an effort to gain votes in the upcoming elections to the European Parliament. As I have pointed out already, I find that a … Continue reading →

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Did you notice the Irony? (13) UK Immigration Policy

Posted on 2014-05-07 by Andreas Moser

The website of the UK Home Office which lists the official government policy on immigration says, on the same page even, that “immigration enriches our culture and strengthens our economy”, but then summarizes the goal of its policy as “reducing immigration”. … Continue reading →

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Easily Confused (35) Perished Cities

Posted on 2014-04-30 by Andreas Moser

Old cities, whose ruins we visit, wondering how erstwhile grand and important cities could cease to exist: Aleppo, Syria: (Diesen Vergleich gibt es auch auf Deutsch.)

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Easily confused (34) Holocaust denial

Posted on 2014-04-26 by Andreas Moser

There are people who deny that the Holocaust really happened, and then there is someone who claims that Germany denies the historical facts of the Holocaust. This is rather illogical because – for example – the Holocaust denier depicted above, … Continue reading →

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Film Review: “Argo”

Posted on 2014-04-18 by Andreas Moser

When I was in prison in Iran in 2009, I was hoping for someone like Tony Mendez to burst open the door to my cell and to whisk me to a waiting helicopter. Except that I hadn’t heard of him at the … Continue reading →

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Diplomatic Breakthrough in Crimea

Posted on 2014-04-13 by Andreas Moser

After weeks of failing communication between the great powers and after the world had come dangerously close to World War III Cold War II, international negotiators reached an agreement on Sunday night after a Summit Meeting on Crimea. (Zur deutschen … Continue reading →

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Anti-German election campaign in Italy

Posted on 2014-04-11 by Andreas Moser

Finally I know what it feels like to be part of a group of foreigners used as scapegoats in an election campaign. It feels weird. Despite being aware that they are not targeted against me personally, I always feel affected by … Continue reading →

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Easily Confused (32) Manuel Valls

Posted on 2014-04-09 by Andreas Moser

Whenever I see Manuel Valls, the new French Prime Minister, I am reminded of Jamie McDonald (actor Paul Higgins), the “crossest man in Scotland” from the film In the Loop:

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