Finally got to explain backward induction to a newspaper journalist, in the context of Swedish parliamentary democracy. It’ll be interesting to see how much of my analysis survives, and in what form.

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Here we go: www.svd.se/a/312Vrd/mag... (in Swedish and behind a paywall)

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This is an excellent summation of the situation. MSs are keen to give the UK another chance and to be flexible, but the risk of Brexit 2.0 is enormous. A catflap is undesirable. This UK electorate has to step up to the plate here, in particular rejecting parties that want to take ECHR rights. 4

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Curious paradox that the very same people who say that our nation cannot possibly be responsible for the actions of our ancestors past... continue to bask in the reflective glory of wars that were fought long before any of us were born by people who are no longer here.

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Another reminder: On the night of 31 October - 1 November, 1954, a series of attacks across colonial Algeria marked the start of the Algerian War – a bloody conflict that would last eight years www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...

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