There is only one story in the news this morning, and it is Gary Lineker’s tweets. For the record these are the tweets that he
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What should the governmment do about asylum seekers?
A poll, because everyone knows the issue: What should the govermment do about small boats Provide more legal routes of access so that genuine asylum
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Trying ChatGPT
Several discussions off the artificial intelligence (AI) app, ChatGPT, have arisen in the comments on this blog so I amused myself by trying it yesterday.
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Yesterday we saw fascist legislation proposed in the UK parliament
I spent much of yesterday angry about the illegal, and in my opinion, fascist inspired actions of our government in promoting the Illegal Migration Bill.
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Should Boris Johnson be allowed a resignation honours list?
A poll: Should Boris Johnson be allowed a resignation honours list? No (86%, 705 Votes) Yes, but for no more than 10 people not in
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The whole notion that you run government like you run a household is a complete myth
Prof Mariana Mazzucato telling it like it is, and effectively summarising modern monetary theory whilst doing so, on Newsnight last night: “This whole notion that
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More blog changes
We have been upgrading the blog again, largely as a result of requests and comments received. First, hyperlinks to the glossary have been changed, once
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Getting the future for Scottish renewables right
I just noticed that The National in Scotland had posted a video of a discussion I had with its editor, Laura Webster, on the subject
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The Overton window
I have just added the entry reproduced below on the Overton window in the glossary, as suggested by a commentator yesterday. Why is this relevant
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