In the event, Welcome went home empty-handed.
3 September: the slogan 'refugees welcome' goes viral; 250,000 people in 48 hours back an 'Independent' petition calling for Britain to take its fair share of refugees.
It showed a solitary bird with exotic plumage being confronted by a group of pigeons; the pigeons were bearing protest placards reading "Migrants Not Welcome," "Go Back to Africa," and "Keep Off Our Worms".
A warm welcome goes to the JHP's new editorial "dream team": Vincenzo Guidetti, Rigmor Jensen, Zaza Katsarava, Miguel Lainez, Michael Lanteri-Minet, Arne May, Koen Paemeleire, Julio Pascual, Innocenzo Rainero, Michael Russell and Lars Stovner.
As welcomes go, Albania's was certainly memorable.
Although our leaders seem to have forgotten, Britain pushed for your country to join the EU, knowing that you would one day turn up on our doorstep.In this section Look back with angst You're welcome Go west We wish you a merry ish) Christmas Earth's got talent ReprintsThe going will be rough at first.
But some people are tippling more, in ways that hurt themselves and others (see article).In this section Look back with angst You're welcome Go west We wish you a merry ish) Christmas Earth's got talent ReprintsAt stake are not just vomit-drenched streets.
London and the Thames Valley have grown into economic powerhouses partly because of it.In this section Look back with angst You're welcome Go west We wish you a merry ish) Christmas Earth's got talent ReprintsIn an ever more globalised world, constraining airport capacity around London is akin to tightening a noose around Britannia's neck.
To redress the balance from the individual to the collective, and from gloom to cheer, The Economist has decided, for the first time, to nominate a country of the year.In this section Look back with angst You're welcome Go west We wish you a merry ish) Christmas Earth's got talent ReprintsBut how to choose it?
It is all the more welcome for going against the prevailing orthodoxy.
