All decisions are compromisable, all positions changeable. Nothing is quite what it seems.
Duly Noted: The Old Russia Is Back
Vaclav Klaus: A Speck of Light
The rise of the political class, a form of technocratic managemental breed of suited emissaries of the god risk avoidance and nudging paternalism wallers so well defined by Peter Oborne in his magisterial Triumph of the Political Class has left western liberal post-democracies with virtually nobody to whom one can support, or at the very least trust.Skirting the Law: A Mosque for Montreuil
Both Le Salon Beige and Yves Daoudal have reports on the decision by the administrative appeals court of Versailles to allow a mosque to be built in Montreuil. The original court decision in 2007 banning the construction came about as a result of a suit brought by the MNR (National Republican Movement), the right-wing political party led by Bruno Mégret, who has since retired from politics. That decision has now been overturned:
Saturday, 16 August 2008
From the desk of George Handlery on Sat, 2008-08-16 10:55
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