For the first time the prospect of Great Britain leaving the European Union is on the table. Prime Minister David Cameron has promised a referendum after the next election. A bit of the old ‘in-out’ The promised referendum will only have one question – should Britain be in the EU or not? There is no [...]

The issue of regions looking for independence from their current nation states is in the news at the moment. From certain US states to Scotland and Catalonia the case is being made that they would be better to go it alone, but just how would this work out in practice, and how likely is it [...]

  While the Eurozone continues to be in a financially precarious position along with most of the world it seems there has been some good news for the debt swamped Italian economy. Now under technocratic control of Mario Montil following the resignation of everyone’s favourite fun time Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Italy has launched a [...]