Tuition fees row explained
The proposal to increase tuition fees in England tore at the hearts of the Liberal Democrats and provided a substantial test for the coalition government. A blog post on the […]
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A problem of rotation
Another example of the problems caused by the rotating presidency of the Council of Ministers came into my in-box today. Federalists have long criticised the system of changing the chair
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Lessons from WikiLeaks
The classified documents leaked from the US State Department will cause a lot of embarrassment for a lot of people – the British government minister denounced as a “hound dog”
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No to the postcode lottery
An interesting article in the Financial Times (“Everyone wins in the postcode lottery” by Tim Harford) praises diversity as a means of improving performance. Diverse ecosystems are more resilient in
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The Irish crisis – scale is everything
Stephanie Flanders argues on the BBC website that the biggest difference between the economic crises in the UK and Ireland is that the UK has its own currency while Ireland
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Proof that peace is not news
At any other moment in modern European history, the following story would be big news: “Germany to abolish compulsory military service“. A continual theme in the history of Europe is
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Feeble argument by Frattini
Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini has spoken out against the apparent joint preparation of EU decisions by Germany and France. “Pre-cooked decisions” are not acceptable, he says. Indeed, the whole
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There is another way
Professor Stephen Haseler, a frequent personality on this website, launched his new book last Thursday, “Meltdown UK: there is another way”. He argued that the neo-liberal economic theory that lay
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Patriotic sentiments
The collision between national sovereignty and democracy got another illustration today, this time courtesy of the justice minister of India. Arundhati Roy, the novelist, faces the prospect of prosecution for
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Far-reaching decision on marijuana
A report in the Financial Times today about Mexican concerns over a referendum in California. California is a major producer and Californians are major consumers of marijuana, and there is
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