Let’s not forget that even if England win against Norway on Saturday they will then immediately have to march 200 miles south and play France without so much as a hydration break
That's what leaders are for.
To explain us hoi polloi what would benefit us and why.
The idea that Northafricans aren't like us is fundamentally a Germanic-Slavic misunderstanding of what is the Western civilization.
The Northafricans are as Europeans as the Poles or the Swedes. The EU is completely unbalanced eastward, we need Morocco in, we need Algeria in, we need Tunisia in, we need Lybia in, not yet another eastward enlargement.
I am not even against helping Ukraine to defend itself, and I do understand why Poland or Romania are happy for Ukraine to defend them by proxy, but it must be balanced by allowing in the southern coast of the Mediterranean.
@HimChatt Always thought of him as French. Thanks to my bewilderment, I now know he was from Geneva.
No no, doesn’t hold a candle to Garcia Marquez at his peak. But +10 points for influence…
I know I am cheering Colombia then!
The British Empire did so much good for the world.
Of course slavery was abhorrent but to expect the British people of the 21st century to pay for actions that took place in the 18th century has no basis in law.
If the government is seriously thinking about this then former colonies should pay the British back for the considerable investment, effort and contribution that this country made which laid the foundations for many flourishing democracies today.
Rory Sutherland nails a quiet injustice that’s growing fast.
You can work insanely hard for 30 years, climb to the top… yet still live in mediocrity because your parents never owned a house in a good area.
Meanwhile, your junior colleagues inherit property from parents in Kensington or Surbiton and cruise through life with houses, wealth, and freedom.
The system taxes earned income heavily but barely touches inherited wealth, property gains, and pensions.
Economic models hide the problem, they use one “average” person, so inequality vanishes in the math (hello, Bill Gates effect).
This isn’t just unfair. It’s building a new class system based on inheritance, not effort.
What do you see as the biggest driver of unfairness between generations today?
I'm neither Indian nor Pakistani nor Bengali, and I admit there's a lot about their cultures I don't understand...(especially their rivalries)...
But what kind of world do we live in when someone would come on social media to post about them seeing someone hungry and actively starving them as a humblebrag.
Honestly, this is the behavior of a low life.
@Shinamuller She claims to know the difference between Indian and Pakistani accents… clearly she is looking to rile up those who have never set foot outside India (or Pakistan).
I can completely relate. As an Indian, I graduated a top business school in France and stayed on in Paris for close to a decade. The awareness and obsession with schools is unreal. Senior management in leading companies still apologize for not going to ‘X’ or ‘Ponts’ etc etc. When you come from India of course, you are aware of social hierarchies. Education matters, but you stop mentioning universities 5 years after you graduate. And what I loved about being away from India was that life was supposed to be merit based and one was freed from such burdens. But in France, and then subsequently in other parts of the world, I have realised that these ‘lazy’ generalizations (like the lazy capital in France) exist in so many spheres of life and so many parts of the world. I haven’t worked in SF, sounds like paradise in many ways.