BERLIN WALL
November 2014
"It is perhaps best to see the British and the Germans as an odd couple with a tendency to lurch from throwing dishes to mutual admiration."
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November 2014
Gunter Schabowski, whose gaffe brought down the Berlin Wall, has died aged 86. Standpoint's editor Daniel Johnson remembers his walk-on part in the momentous events of 1989 which led to the triumph of democracy.
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November 2014
I was a ten-year-old living in West Berlin when the Wall fell and a Trabant driven by an overexcited Ossi nearly ran me over on my bike
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October 2013
“John Kerry’s gaffe has changed the course of history. He is now engaged in a protracted negotiation with the Russians, which may give Assad the time he needs to win the civil war”
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