http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-lichfield/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-lichfield/john-lichfield-dream-ticket-may-send-the-rest-of-europe-to-sleep-1824100.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-lichfield/john-lichfield-dream-ticket-may-send-the-rest-of-europe-to-sleep-1824100.html <p>They will be cheering in the bars of Riga and stomping their feet in the pubs of Rotherham. Europe's dynamic duo is... Herman van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton. </p> John Lichfield Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-lichfield/john-lichfield-the-hand-of-dieu-ndash-but-with-heads-hung-1824115.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-lichfield/john-lichfield-the-hand-of-dieu-ndash-but-with-heads-hung-1824115.html <p>Jubilation struggled with embarrassment in France after Thierry Henry's "main de Dieu" qualified les Bleus for the World Cup finals. On the whole, embarrassment won. </p> John Lichfield Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-lichfield/john-lichfield-what-a-relief-to-be-driving-in-disguise-1821280.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-lichfield/john-lichfield-what-a-relief-to-be-driving-in-disguise-1821280.html <p>By their cars shall you know them. Not any more, it appears. Parisian motorists, disliked all over France for being over-aggressive, under-friendly and simply for being Parisian, have found a way to camouflage their origins. </p> John Lichfield Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000