A scarf is A scarf is A scarf

Forcing women to undress is just plain wrong. Punishing women with fines and imprisonment if they refuse to remove their clothes is just plain unlawful. It is up to the courts in France, Belgium and the Netherlands to ensure waywardness and silliness gripping populist politicians and an urge to reinvent the scapegoat is firmly rejected. Many people see this challenge as a watershed in the credibility of the European project. Shouting from Brussels united in diversity for most of the past 15 years can not be just a hollow catch phrase, it must mean real tolerance and freedom to chose.

Back to the Red

A Den Haag bank

The future of banking is being decided as it has been done for more than 35 years, behind closed doors in the quaint Swiss town of Basel by a committee of unelected central bankers and regulators. The consequences of carrying on like this will be profound......Preston BBC

.............................................................................................................................................................................................A Leiden home

All indicators point to a harder life for the weak in our society. House prices are falling just as more and more come onto the market for sale. Soon commercial property will lie idle and depress prices further.

Western Bankers who search for profit and only profit have demonstrated their disregard for the well being of humanity.

A sect of revolutionaries have promised a new urban guerilla war. Who will be their targets. Capitalism is failing the west just as Communism failed the east. Only China has utilised the wisdom of the one country two systems well enough to save itself from the onslought of an impending depression. Maybe it is time to consider going back to the Red.