Interesting discussion - obviously there was more than one factor so both OLB and Gareth may be right. A concern for British readers is that the UK media made little attempt to portray the campaign a… (View Post)

Many sympathies. I think (backed up by the findings in the survey) that most people feel that adults in that sort of hopeless situation should be allowed to end their lives, though of course family s… (View Post)

The Swiss rotate the Head of State around the 7 (?) Bundesraete (Ministers) in the Government, so you have a different Head of State each year - most people can't remember who the current one is, but… (View Post)

My parents and I were close friends with a Russian WHO translator in Denmark who was later alleged by a defector to be a KGB agent (WHO didn't take any action, and we shrugged it off) - he said wryly… (View Post)

Rather the opposite. It's difficult to win election after election indefinitely, and people were clear about that in seeking a fresh start (though personally I was a loyalist). I don't remember it be… (View Post)