Annoying
A look at Denmark, Netherlands and elswhere
In modern democracies, political offices are just one of a whole series of interlocking institutions that wield political power. Capturing one of them is not enough. There are no shortcuts.
We have a bizarre situation where the next Government will be bound – at least to some degree – by major spending decisions taken in the dying days of this one.
Not heaped on the taxpayer
Which came first? The Catholic Church? Or the people? The latter, surely: nowhere else in Europe was the Catholic Church given such power by democratically-elected governments.
A return to ‘Christian Europe’ or does something new beckon?
Passed the House
Appalling abuses are happening right now.
Well, when you say it out loud…
Lin Chia-Lung is the current Foreign Minister of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Also: Fintan O’Toole’s extraordinary attack on cataract busses.