The first thing that you must know is that to a capuchin monkey a grape is much more valuable than a cucumber. It will work (perform a task) for the price of a cucumber but given the choice it would prefer working for a grape. Grapes, in capuchin monkey world, are more valuable than cucumber...
The Bruges Speech
posted by Jacques René Zammit
Much is being said about Margaret Thatcher and her views on Europe but do you know what her views on Europe were? Here is the speech that the Iron Lady had delivered at my second alma mater – the College of Europe in Bruges. It gives more than idea on what Thatcher thought about...
Maggie of Iron
posted by Jacques René Zammit
It would be amiss to call Margaret Thatcher one of the world’s first stateswomen. She wasn’t. Elizabeth the First comes to mind – a monarch true but a stateswoman all the same. The shopkeeper’s daughter from Finchley was one hell of a stateswoman though and would not...
Għid Banana
posted by Jacques René Zammit
Biċċa xogħol ħelwa ta’ Cedric Vella. Qed intellagħha hawn fuq pjattaforma li qalgħet daqqa sew minħabba l-popolarita u populiżmu popolari ta’ facebook. Iva konna kwieti. Saħansitra nirċievu posta mingħand facebook u wordpress jistaqsuna għala ma tellajna xejn...
The United Kingdom...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
The UK Parliament is under huge pressure (including a looming deadline) to enact new measures that would regulate the behaviour of newspapers. The highly controversial measures have seen an increase in cross-party negotiations as the Lib-Dems (Tory partner in government) seem to prefer an...