Orange dissolution
Apparently there has been a revolution in Ukraine. Well, not so much a revolution but more like a lot people getting really passionate about Ukrainian nationalism. The poisoned Presidential candidate triumphed over the KGB’s best efforts and won the people’s backing. However, they subsequently voted a Russian-backed candidate for Prime Minister into office; the President’s nemesis became a strange bedfellow. Perhaps then it was more like a lot of people embracing democratic process; process and really colourful banners. Next the Prime Minister bought-off half of Parliament so the President called a snap election; the Prime Minister got the boot. Maybe it was all really just an excuse to skip work and camp-out on some prime Kiev real-estate. Not exactly the stuff that inspires confidence in national leadership. Perhaps this explains why of the 178 countries recently profiled in the Doing Business 2008 report (World Bank) Ukraine arrived 177th worst tax paying country; no tip jar for the President this year.