Riots

Concerning the riots in Birmingham at the weekend: questioned on Channel 4 News, Sunday, about whether there was any evidence for the alleged rape of a 14-year-old Jamaican girl , one of the 'community leaders' said there must be evidence because the 'community' believed it to be so.

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Well, at least the election result in Poland is another blow for the flat tax (taux d’imposition unique). On the other hand, the president who has just been elected seems to be a Catholic fundamentalist, wants a crackdown on homosexuals and the death penalty.

Some might count this as a negative too: he is supposed to distrust both Russia and the EU and look to the US as his sole ally.