When I was directly involved in direct democracy
June 15, 2021, 3 Comments
I vote every time I can, always have and always will. In Switzerland that means voting fairly frequently but this time I...
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Swiss women won the vote 50 years ago today
February 7, 2021, 1 Comment
On 7 February 1971 Switzerland finally joined the 20th century. That was the day when the male voters approved giving women the...
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Four Noes and a Yes: voting in a Swiss referendum
September 23, 2020, 2 Comments
I’ve just voted for the first time as a Swiss citizen. Actually it was for the first five times as there were...
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Happy Christmas and goodbye to 2017
December 23, 2017, No comments
So that was 2017. While the rest of the world was convulsed by Brexit and Trump, Macron and Merkel, Isis and Irma,...
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Five referendum lessons from Swiss politics
June 16, 2017, 2 Comments
The Swiss understand referendums. They have to because they have one every few months not every few years. And they can be...
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The five stages of Brexit grief
June 27, 2016, 10 Comments
“First came denial. No, no, no – although my language might have been a little more colourful.
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Living in Switzerland and voting to Remain
June 14, 2016, 5 Comments
I am one of 41,577 British expats living in Switzerland.
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Brits in Switzerland can also vote on Brexit
May 2, 2016, 1 Comment
Over 41,000 Brits live in Switzerland and many of them can vote.
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February 11, 2016, 94 Comments
The black sheep is back, and it’s still a sad sight to see.
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The Scotland-Switzerland similarities
September 17, 2014, 3 Comments
Scotland is everywhere at the moment in Switzerland, and not just on the news.
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