Many more British Jews are becoming citizens of Germany, where their grandparents barely managed to escape alive. . ... “I’m British through and through,” he added, and “I can’t deny that a rare England football victory against Germany always brings a special..…

Europe could be made through non-ideological dealmaking and the centre of power would always be shared between France and Germany. . No British prime minister would exert power at that European level. De Gaulle had marginalised the British to play the role of third leg of the European stool...…