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Shit happens... and matters
François Brutsch · Monday, 25 April - 10:52 edit
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9/11, Afghanistan: 20 years on full circle
François Brutsch · Sunday, 15 August, 2021 - 12:37 edit
Arthur Chrenkoff was one of my favorite bloggers in the first years of the century. His politics seems to have taken a Trumpian turn since then. But, except two silly nasties about Joe Biden, his comment on the current tragedy in Afghanistan is fitting. #politix
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UK: undestanding the Labour vote (or not)
François Brutsch · Sunday, 9 May, 2021 - 10:02 edit
Must read: long and complex but fascinating analysis by Chris Clarke @WarringFictions on the sociology of the Labour vote, past and future. #politix
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Affaire Maudet: le jugement
François Brutsch · Tuesday, 23 February, 2021 - 18:33 edit
L'Etat de Genève, qui n'a perdu que le temps que le Parquet a choisi de perdre, va donc encaisser le montant de "l'avantage"... #politix
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Switzerland's shameful vote at WHO
François Brutsch · Friday, 13 November, 2020 - 18:57 edit
On a resolution to condemn Israel (and Israel alone) at the WHO, Switzerland didn't vote NO like Canada, the UK or Germany. Switzerland didn't abstain like Norway, Sweden, Finland and 29 other countries - or simply joined the 56 "absent". Switzerland made a point of voting YES to a resolution co-sponsored by Syria, Cuba or Turkey.
Two questions to Foreign Secretary Cassis and the Federal Government:
Is this a mistake, for which someone has to be sacked (as it happened recently in Uruguay)?
Or is it a naked appeal to votes from dictatorships in the ill-considered candidacy of Switzerland to the UN Security Council?
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Cooperation vs. competition
François Brutsch · Sunday, 30 August, 2020 - 12:37 edit
In Britain, I am struck how much society is geared for competition rather than cooperation, be it the school system, debating competitions or first past the post. You need a balance between the two, of course. This game looks like an interesting way to show how the Swiss society (and direct democracy, woefully misunderstood here) works. #politix
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Death of Lord Hutton, Andrew Sullivan returns to the blog
François Brutsch · Sunday, 19 July, 2020 - 16:35
Hutton was a hero of swissroll.info, see our posts from August-September 2003.
An occasion to mark the anniversary of this blog, started on 3 August 2003. As we explained elsewhere, Jean-Paul Guisan (aka Guillaume Barry) and I were inspired to start one by reading blogs ourselves, notably the Daily Dish by Andrew Sullivan. He stopped 5 years ago, being a confirmed commentator in mainstream media - but it's due to reappear as The Weekly Dish! Behold!
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L'avenir est à la proportionnelle partout!
François Brutsch · Tuesday, 17 December, 2019 - 18:06
Un post à lire sur Un Swissroll, avec peut-être une adaptation anglaise à venir...