InFacts Migration is a two-way street – Brits benefit too|InFacts
New migration statistics were greeted with predictably hysterical headlines. But they leave out half the story. Source: InFacts Migration is a two-way street – Brits benefit too – InFacts
InFacts Let’s fight Brexit on the big issues – InFacts
Cameron’s deal is decent enough – but the main reasons to stay in the EU are geopolitical and economic. Source: InFacts Let’s fight Brexit on the big issues – InFacts
NYT: The Sexual Misery of the Arab World
I’ve always said that aggression in the Arab world is caused by permanent sexual frustration – on both (all) sides. Get laid instead of getting blown up could be the…
NYT: E.U. Deal Clears Path for British Referendum on Membership
Cameron practicing the usual British blackmail to extort advantages for his country. That’s no way to be a member of a club and it’s no way to run a country.…
Brexit, dénouement?
Britain in the EU has always been an obstacle to progress. That’s why the founding fathers managed to get so much done while the group was small and coherent. So…
Do you know paraprosdokians?
I am glad to re-share a post I came across on a social network: Winston Churchill loved paraprosdokians, figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or…
Improving how cities are administrated with IT
A project which should be copied in Europe, where often a lot of money is spent on systems which are poorly designed but, above all, the underlying bureaucratic procedures are…
Corriere: Il Muro dell’Est
Non si possono lasciar entrare, transitare e stabilirsi milioni di persone senza nessun controllo e senza nessun criterio. In Grecia ed in Italia si sa che, comunque i migranti sono…
Why is “populism” seen as such a bad thing? – Debating Europe
We are giving populists a huge boost by not addressing issues which worry people. Call them the great unwashed, the former communists gone extreme right (often the case and not…