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Entries by Azeem Ibrahim from 05/2010

Lessons from the Greek Bailout

| Posted 05.13.2010 | World
Read More: Greece Debt, Ecb, Bailout, Europe, Greece, Greek Debt Crisis, Euro, Greek Economy, Eurozone, World News

The Greek bailout lays bare the half-baked nature of the eurozone's economic union. It is a single currency without the political mechanisms to make sure that those who use it conform to the same rules, like the federal government can to an extent for states.

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Proportional Representation Is Like a Box of Chocolates : You Never Know What You're Going to Get

| Posted 05.14.2010 | Politics
Read More: Conservative Party, Coalition, Conservatives, 2010 Elections, United Kingdom, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Proportional Representation, Voting Problems, Pr, Liberal Democrats, Voting, Elections 2010, Politics News

If a party asks you to vote for it, it should be able to tell you what it will do with the power. But if we had proportional representation, it wouldn't be able to, because it wouldn't know.

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A Momentous Change in British Political History

| Posted 05.14.2010 | World
Read More: Conservative Party, Coalition, UK Elections, British Elections, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, David Cameron, World News

This week, British politics has undergone one of the more momentous changes in history. I don't think we've even begun to appreciate the scale of what has happened.

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The Cruelty of Britain's Craven Extradition Policy

| Posted 05.25.2010 | World
Read More: Special Relationship, Gary McKinnon, Anglo American, Extradition, World News

To stay close to America, Britain signed an extradition treaty which gave more protection to Americans than to Brits. It's a lopsided double standard, and previous ministers have admitted as much.

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British Universities Need to Invest to Be the Best

| Posted 05.25.2010 | College
Read More: Ivy League, University, Oxford University, Education, Cambridge University, British, College News

In the long term, what makes universities good is having enough money to pay for better facilities, better teachers and research academics, and better administrators.

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