Robin Oakley
Robin Oakley
Robin Oakley, OBEin Kidderminster, Worcestershire is a British journalist. He was European Political Editor at CNN International. Prior to CNN, he was Political Editor at the BBC...
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It has dominated the media, ... There is deep worry about the image of the British army and deep worry about the effect on Iraqi elections.
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are not remotely on the same scale as the U.S..
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He did not say how people are going to change the technocrats who seem to be running French politics, who have alienated the people and who have gained Le Pen his temporary success.
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I don't think we'll see huge divisions here in Greece.
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For him to lecture these applicant countries or these accepted members on their way in was really behavior like the worst of what the French complain about in the United States,
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The British and Irish remain hopeful all the same that some of the presidential stardust will rub off.
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The disagreements which undoubtedly exist... could not be eliminated today.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen was like a man who just had six birthdays in one day.
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Basically what it boils down to is whether Angela Merkel detaches the Greens from Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder into a coalition with her and the Free Democrats, or whether Chancellor Schroeder detaches the Free Democrats from Angela Merkel's side.