Category: Politics

Lucky Strike

Napoleon would approve of David Cameron – he’s lucky, and nowhere more so than over fracking.

Democracy Kills

Having written enthusiastically about democracy – Norwegian style –  I remembered Democracy Kills 

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Democracy

The Norwegian parliament is called the Storting. Until 2009 there were two chambers but they came to the conclusion that the second chamber was just rubber-stamping legislation so they agreed to abolish it.

Lazy Sunday

How do you feel about Jeremy Corbyn wanting to nationalise the railways? If you’re old enough to remember British Rail you’re probably close to apoplexy.

Serious Money

An American reader puts down his copy of The Razor’s Edge by Somerset Maugham and, after taking  a sip or two from a glass of Riesling, writes to remind me

Nombre de Vingt-Quatre

Last weekend BBC Radio 4 broadcast Air-Force One a play about the events immediately after John F Kennedy’s assassination on 22nd November, 1963. If you are my age you will remember where you were when you heard the news.

The Cradle of Democracy

It’s all perfectly simple. The Greek government needs to borrow loads more Euros, mostly to re-pay previous loans. They were offered this on onerous terms at the end of June. They rejected these terms, and this rejection was then endorsed by the Greek people in a referendum.