Cementing the BriCs

Despite the current economic downturn, the BriC countries are managing to help each other out whilst the rest of the world argues over which bank did what where and when:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124259318084927919.html

Charismatic-less politicians

Just a quick note about a meeting today with Jack Straw, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain and Secretary of State for Justice. After having delivered a convincing - albeit short - speech about various issues such as Human Rights Act 1998, transparency, the media, and how great Labour is, he still failed to capture my political imagination. I think this exemplifies the lack of political charisma most British politicians currently suffer from .Blair and Churchill are - unarguably - exceptions to this political misfortune. We need a British OBAMA!

Piracy at Sea II

The situation is clearly unacceptable:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8030541.stm