As elections in Britain and the United States are upon us (and all of a sudden also in France), it is time to look at the political landscape and how it has evolved. Once upon a time in the United Kingdom there used to be the Conservatives and the Labour Party – and to a […]
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Autocracies vs democracies – A question of personal choice
The war in Ukraine is showing once more, how interconnected the global economies are and hence to what extent our lifestyle depends on what in democratic terms are unfriendly governments. Russia provides a substantial share of oil, gas and coal burnt in Europe, and hence the ‘special military operation’ against pro-western Ukraine poses a dilemma. […]
The shackled democracy
It is amazing how things on the COVID-19 have changed.we all got used to social distancing and wearing face masks, meeting only in small groups add working from home. But some of the more recent restrictions imposed by western European governments could be quite worrying, weren’t it for the necessity of preventing do virus from […]
The grumpy older man 