Jan Seifert

14.11.2013 German Politics

Why I’m leaving the Labour Party, and joining the Grüne in Germany

I’m an intensely political person and it has been that way for a long time. I joined the Labour Party in the UK as a 16 year old, before I was even old enough to vote. This means I have

27.10.2013 German Politics

So why this affinity for Germany?

I’m back. Today is my first full day back living in Berlin since leaving here in March 2002. Then I had spent 6 months living in the city as a 21-year old recent graduate from the UK, trying to scrape