The Swiss are very good at referendums as well, because they do so many of them they stick strictly to the subject. The problem is the major constitutional change, as much as it’s the methodology. By… (View Post)

Err, India and China are paying a much *lower* price for Putin’s oil than the international price, because they’re the only ones prepared to buy it. (View Post)

As many of us have thought and said, Farage’s team have done pretty much no vetting on their candidates at all. Having half a dozen candidates be pulled up for being racist dicks during the campaign … (View Post)

France24 English-language coverage of the elections: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dyzgDj5h9g (View Post)

The difference is that the US debt levels simply don’t affect their currency exchange rate, in the same way as would happen with any other country, thanks to the US$’s status as the world reserve cur… (View Post)