The very epitome of democracy, this. If you want to imagine a typical scene in the Stakeholder State, it is a government elected on a promise to build an entire generation of housing and infrastructu… (View Post)

Just read the article funnily enough. This is something @Sandpit and I were driving at a couple of days ago articulated very well in the article The Stakeholder State is not a single phenomenon. Inst… (View Post)

It’s nuts but it gives them a big problem now as they have promised this people will expect it and expect 5 million each even though it says they ‘could’ get it. It’s coming here too. The politics ar… (View Post)

I’m going this morning so will have a look for some 👍 (View Post)

BBC News reporting that there have been five days of demonstrations in Iran due to the rising cost of living. It’s too much to hope the Mullahs are on the way out. (View Post)