As regular readers of this blog will know, there are occasions when I announce something and then realise that more work is required before I
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Reclaiming the news agenda
I was reflecting last night on the news and its obsession with Trump, with Putin, with war, with genocide, with Israel, with small boats, and
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The Online Safety Act
As many readers will know, the Online Safety Act is now in operation in the UK. I have checked with Ofcom to see if this
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Neoliberalism really is rubbish
I hope that people do not mind these posts where I compare the results for the previous day’s polls, because I put those polls up
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Time to debate?
Yesterday’s poll on the video that I produced on Gary Stevenson‘s comments in a video earlier this week was interesting. This is the poll result
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Word counts
The tech support member of this blog’s team, Andy Moyle, wrote the code to introduce a word count on comments yesterday, and the system went
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Mug shot
Update to this blog’s moderation policy
I need to revisit the topic of comment moderation. I can confirm that the idea of imposing word limits is now on our agenda. We’re
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Why I write this blog
Context In the context of recent discussions on comments and their moderation, I have been asked why I write this blog and what it seeks
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