Little Geert found out he was cut out for great things as he sat on the loo...

There has been a marked erosion in the quality of politics and economics in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis.

Politicians are entrusted with the most important jobs, but they can lie with impunity. What can be done to make politicians honest?

The British government is lying about immigration.

Brexit is mad, but has lots of inertia. There are good reasons not to expect an about-face on Brexit by the next Labour government.

Brexit proponents lied to voters during the referendum campaign in 2016. They have since gone on to betray voters too....

The Right-wing of the Conservative Party has moved further and further towards fascism. What is next?

Bhutan is a new democracy. Slavery was only abolished in 1958. Each election is therefore a test of sorts.