Month: February 2010

As previously reported and welcomed on this blog, the government is giving profile co-operative ideals a way never before considered, as argued in this piece in the Guardian. It’s a big idea, whose time has clearly come, and I endorse it wholeheartedly. However, I was concerned by the tone of the article, which talked about… Continue reading Co-ops need a level playing field, not handouts

I was saddened to hear of the recent decision by the US Supreme Court that governments cannot limit corporate donations to political parties. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not – at all – one of those knee-jerk anti-Americans that you often find in Europe (especially, I’m afraid, Continental Europe), saying what can you expect… Continue reading World’s most powerful nation votes to further harm its political system?