Exactly. And in a workplace there is generally a power imbalance as well that means people feel less able to protest against the 'banter' of colleagues. I think certain types of men think w… (View Post)

A curve ball on debt financing is that the Bank of England has already started reducing the amount of quantitative easing bonds held by not reinvesting maturing bond proceeds. It is quite possible th… (View Post)

With the appropriate level of respect, Schröder is more fairly viewed as an employee of the Russian state than he is as a Western leader. If he had any sense he would just keep his mouth shut given h… (View Post)

Le Pen winning would be truly depressing. Like an Orban winning power at the heart of Europe, just across the channel from us. And the trouble with fascist-sympathisers winning power is that they ten… (View Post)

The great irony of the current position in Ukraine is if Russia has aimed lower (land bridge to Crimea and extend existing territory in the East), they could have achieved their current gains far mor… (View Post)