Anyone focussing on the positives and negatives of this for Venezuela itself is missing the point. This is the first shot fired in a new era of US imperialism. There is a practically zero percent cha… (View Post)

It's like going out to eat in Twickenham an hour after an England match has finished and complaining that some of the other patrons seen to have had a few too many beers. Restaurants generally c… (View Post)

Some of the last major protests in the middle east ended with 14 years of civil war in Syria. I think it's fair to temper expectations of what's going on in Iran. We haven't even got t… (View Post)

This isn't quite right. The debt held under QE does matter in the UK's set-up. The BoE buys the gilts not directly from the government through its Asset Purchase Facility (APF). When purcha… (View Post)

I'd just add that, while Russian disinformation is the most likely explanation here, Putin should be considered a perfectly legitimate target to kill - arguably the most legitimate of all - and … (View Post)