The Economist’s Schumpeter says that the British government and the EU should not cap bankers’ bonuses: http://www.economist.com/node/21573008 It’s not about flexibility and bankers’ bonuses: it’s about organizations and people who…
Polish becomes England’s second language. I’ve worked in Switzerland for decades, with swarms of well paid Brits, who wouldn’t go back to their beloved country for anything in the world.…
The only way to be in the driver seat in business or in an alliance is to be at the front, participating actively, not dragging your heels. An in or…
Today’s feature on Onshore Wind Turbines shown by BBC in Countryfile shows pictures of wind turbines, interviews with people for and against (some of them very emotional). The reporter is…
BBC: What are the competing claims over the Falklands? and discussion on G+ Why would the Falklands suddenly become a priority for Argentina? Does it have anything to do with…
Financial Times: BBC to expand in paid digital video fray BBC Director General Mark Thompson on the offering: “The BBC’s iPlayer is the most successful and most intensively used catch-up…
BBC News: An American professor on firearms in the UK Why Britain needs more guns by Joyce L. Malcolm (Professor of history, Bentley College, US author of Guns and Violence:…
In the leader Save the City, the Economist (1 January 2012) comes to the defence of the City, London’s financial market, decrying that “Britain is the home of the world’s…
Bagehot in the Economist asks the question: Could David Cameron have done anything other than walk away from a new EU treaty? Some of the comments are puzzling, to say…
Nel suo commento nel Corriere della Sera (dell’11 dicembre 2011): Ma l’Europa agli inglesi sotto sotto non dispiace – Mi auguro che indìcano davvero un referendum sull’Europa Beppe Severgnini parla…