Should we have boycotted the World Cup in Qatar? Probably not. Since we have always accepted to participate in sports competitions with regimes far removed from social and electoral democracy, starting with China (2008 Olympic Games) and Russia (2018 World Cup), the boycott of Qatar would have been interpreted as a new mark of the hypocrisy of Westerners, always ready to give lessons to a few small countries when it suits them, while continuing to do business with all those who bring them enough money.
Economics
Simon Wren-Lewis: A short guide to why we should not raise UK interest rates
Everyone expects the MPC to raise rates on Thursday. This would be a mistake. Discussion about interest rate changes in the press normally involve large amounts of data and charts about the state of the […]
Energy
Transport & Environment: E-fuels would emit ‘five times as much as electric cars’ if EU criteria weakened
New analysis shows that e-petrol cars would emit 61 gCO2e/km under the Renewable Energy Directive’s criteria for carbon neutrality. Read HERE
Corruption
Balkan Insight – Bulgaria Edges Closer to Third Election in a Year
Another thoroughly corrupt Eastern EU nation making a hash of democracy. Read here An honour guard in front of parliament in Sofia, Bulgaria in July. Photo: EPA/EFE / VASSIL DONEV
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