Linklog
2025-07-01
2025-06-29
How the Supreme Court’s Injunction Ruling Expands Trump’s Power: ‘The Supreme Court ruling barring judges from swiftly blocking government actions, even when they may be illegal, is yet another way that checks on executive authority have eroded’
Labour’s relationship with working class ‘broken’ as analysis reveals it is now the party of wealthy: Yougov poll results.
2025-06-25
Why Write?: ‘Write because it improves your mind, not the minds of your readers’
2025-06-21
The Hidden Risks of Expanding Medical Assistance in Dying: ‘…ask whether it is appropriate for their government to offer easier access to euthanasia than to health care and support’
2025-06-20
This Pride Month, We’ve Reached Rainbow Capitalism’s End: ‘…when the culture goes in another direction, as it has especially since Mr. Trump was elected again, corporate allyship becomes corporate snubbing.’
2025-06-15
2025-06-14
Silicon Valley to Westminster: How the tech-right’s crypto crusade is crossing the Atlantic: Nigel Farage has got himself interested in in crypto.
2025-06-13
2025-06-02
2025-06-01
2025-05-29
Influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate face rape and human trafficking charges in UK: 21 charges in total.
Housing ombudsman for England warns of ‘simmering anger’ over living conditions: There’s been a nearly 500% increase in complaints about substandard living conditions received by the housing ombudsman compared to around 5 years ago.
2025-05-28
Sadiq Khan calls for partial decriminalisation of cannabis possession: ‘…the way the drug is policed causes greater harm to society than its usage.’
2025-05-26
2025-05-25
Live facial recognition cameras may become ‘commonplace’ as police use soars: Needs discussion.
2025-05-23
Child sex abuse and grooming gangs: What we know, and what we don’t, from the data: Data isn’t great, but what we do know suggests that there’s not a big link between ethnicity and commuting a group based offence.
White farmers: how a far-right idea was planted in Donald Trump’s mind : His current obsession is nothing new.
Borders of whiteness: Do refugees have a colour?: ‘Reports on the refugee crisis have also suggested discriminatory behaviour on the part of Europeans to refugees of black or brown skin colour.’
2025-05-19
Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight: Perhaps measures like visceral fat are more important than BMI.