The following (excluding the Panorama Hacking Trial video) was received this afternoon by email from the Hacked-Off campaign which I wholeheartedly support. Please consider signing the petition to stop Rupert Murdoch and others from exerting too much control over our … Continue reading
Jeremy Paxman discusses wealth inequality and a global wealth tax with Thomas Piketty author of “Capital In The 21st Century” on Newsnight (30 April 2014). Video © BBC *********************************************** Wealth inequality and other things we don’t have to learn from … Continue reading
For three weeks in the aftermath of the disappearance of flight MH370 we were on the receiving end of saturation coverage of the tragedy by global news organisations, often at the expense of reporting more important national and international events. This would … Continue reading
It is said that what happens in the US happens in the UK shortly afterwards. This clip of the Daily Show was broadcast in August 2011 and touches on many of the same arguments used by the Conservative Party in the … Continue reading
To any sensible person that has bothered to study a little modern world history, socialism in the sense of the Marxist philosophy, was a great idea but not a practical one. In the UK, especially in the 1970’s, we had … Continue reading
It is said that what happens in the US happens in the UK shortly afterwards. This clip of the Daily Show was broadcast in August 2011 and touches on many of the same arguments used by the Conservative Party in the … Continue reading
This important documentary was made in 2004 but if you have ever wondered what Fox News is like and why its ‘journalism’ is so reviled this is your chance to discover what all the fuss was about. Given his political … Continue reading
I Am Incorrigible 