Did globalisation have "architects and instigators"? It seems to me more a nearly inevitable consequence of improving technologies in communication, shipping, and so on -- which makes it po… (View Post)

I think the other point to note here is that while systems both with and without term limits can be fine and functioning democracies, it's not unreasonable to be dubious when somebody comes along in … (View Post)

The argument I've seen is not a west-vs-east culture distinction, but instead a market structure one: that either "each use case has a big company dominant in that niche" (like the current … (View Post)

It's unfortunate that foreign policy is simultaneously of little interest to most voters and also one of the few arenas where Prime Ministers, Presidents, etc have significant influence and ability t… (View Post)

The portraits of the Speaker are a tradition that goes back nearly a century and a half, so I would put that part down to the institution rather than the man (and also I would be reluctant to break t… (View Post)