On Tuesday morning, Radio 4’s Today Programme and a number of centre left papers ran a story about the ‘living’ wage. Unfortunately, this important story was then swamped by the hacking trial circus later in the morning. The reality is that the … Continue reading
A quarter of a century ago, the British government announced plans to ‘develop’ Antarctica. Such development was part of the rush to claim and exploit the massive reserves of natural resources present in, around and under the Antarctic ice. At the time … Continue reading
Almost exactly a year ago, the core argument used by right-wingers around the world to justify accelerated budget deficit reduction, Reinhart and Rogoff’s “Growth in a Time of Debt”, was fatally undermined by Thomas Herndon, an economics graduate student, when he … Continue reading
Last week when Tea Party member Dave Brat beat Eric Cantor in the Republican party primary he ended any chance for immigration reform in the US during Obama’s final presidential term. In the same way that UKIP have led the anti-immigration debate … Continue reading
“Trying to get the bin liner out of my swing-top is like trying to drag a Zeppelin out of a cat’s bum!” Great observational comedy and one of Ben Elton’s best stand-up routines performed on The Man From Auntie in 1990. … Continue reading
Climate change denial is not the only right-wing anti-science position. From John Boehner’s carbon dioxide cannot be bad for the planet because “every time we exhale we breath out carbon dioxide” to Michelle Bachmann’s the HPV vaccine causes autism because of … Continue reading
Most of us will never have to suffer the effects of a Gameover Zeus internet attack but there is always one person who will open anything on the internet! Due to copyright restrictions in order to watch the clip you need to type … Continue reading
I read, watch and listen to a lot of news – far too much in fact. Most news these days is either about heart breaking disasters or, more often, anger inducing acts of people and governments; either way, as a news … Continue reading
According to Stephen Colbert, “patents are a fast-track to money town.” Global billion dollar tax-avoider Amazon agrees with him and that is why they applied for and were recently granted “a patent for photography against a white background.” Yes, that is … Continue reading
In the recent Syrian elections, chemical weapons abuser and killer of more than 100,000 of his own people, Bashar Al-Assad ‘won’ nearly 89% of the popular vote. In this clip John Oliver, with a little help from British “sensation” Right Said … Continue reading
In a shocking example of anti-gun intolerance, Andy Raymond, a gun store owner from Rockville Maryland received a number of death threats for selling guns. Ninety per cent of Americans support reasonable measures to control guns from being misused but these … Continue reading
Fifa’s sponsors have raised the pressure on football’s governing body following fresh bribery allegations surrounding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Sportswear giant Adidas warned that the “negative tenor of the public debate around FIFA” caused by the scandal was damaging … Continue reading
Yesterday our government produced its annual fig leaf for the UK’s all but non-existent social mobility. As ever, it made positive noises about how the UK should be and largely is a “meritocracy”. This inevitably followed a damning report into how social mobility … Continue reading
We all know that Amazon’s overnight delivery system takes forever so it was a welcome relief to hear about their plans to speed-up the process. Last Sunday Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, announced on 60 Minutes that he intends to launch what he … Continue reading
According to Fox News there could be as many as 30,000 surveillance drones filling the US sky in the not too distant future. There are some that think that these unmanned vehicles could be used to enforce “any” law “including ObamaCare”. Fortunately, … Continue reading
I Am Incorrigible 