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An Open Letter to Britain’s Leading Violent Extremist: David Cameron
An Open Letter to Britain’s Leading Violent Extremist: David Cameron Dear Prime Minister David Cameron, It is with deep disappointment that I read excerpts of your speech provided by Downing Street to the press, purporting to set out a five-year strategy to tackle fundamentalist terrorism, which — whatever its intentions — is thoroughly misguided, and destined to plunge this […]
You May No Longer Think Wrong Thoughts, Citizen
You May No Longer Think Wrong Thoughts, Citizen Shortly after the election victory that probably surprised no-one more than himself, David Cameron launched into explaining to the hoi-polloi what further transmogrification of the State is in store now that he’s got a free hand. He inter alia elated the audience with the following zinger: “For […]
GCHQ’s Rainbow Lights: Exploiting Social Issues for Militarism and Imperialism
GCHQ’s Rainbow Lights: Exploiting Social Issues for Militarism and Imperialism Over the weekend, the British surveillance agency GCHQ — the most extremist and invasive in the West — bathed its futuristic headquarterswith rainbow-colored lights “as a symbol of the intelligence agency’s commitment to diversity” and to express solidarity with “International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.” GCHQ’s public affairs office proudly […]
UK Prime Minister David Cameron Proclaims – It’s Not Enough to Follow the Law, You Must Love Big Brother
UK Prime Minister David Cameron Proclaims – It’s Not Enough to Follow the Law, You Must Love Big Brother It’s not just those domestic extremists and crazy “conspiracy theory” kooks who took serious issue with UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s recent overtly fascist language when it comes to freedom of expression in Great Britain. For example, […]
Britain: A Functioning Democracy It’s Not
Britain: A Functioning Democracy It’s Not We at the Automatic Earth always try to steer clear of elections as much as possible, because there are no functioning democracies left in the west -no more than there are functioning markets-, and no journalists reporting on them either. Interesting question, by the way: how can a journalist […]
How Can Cameron Stop Fracking Causing Earthquakes? Easy. Change the Definition of Fracking.
How Can Cameron Stop Fracking Causing Earthquakes? Easy. Change the Definition of Fracking. David Cameron’s government has snuck a new definition of fracking onto the statute books – allowing hydraulic fracturing for shale gas to take place outside the new regulatory regime. Cuadrilla’s exploratory fracking, which caused two earthquakes in 2011 at Preese Hall in Lancashire, would not be classified […]
Cameron Agrees ‘Rare Deal’ on Climate Change with Opposition Ahead of Election
Cameron Agrees ‘Rare Deal’ on Climate Change with Opposition Ahead of Election Environmental leaders have welcomed a rare cross-party deal to tackle climate change struck between Britain’s leading political parties ahead of the general election. Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and opposition leader Ed Miliband of the Labour Party have jointly agreed […]
Leaked Document Could Shatter UK Shale Dreams
Leaked Document Could Shatter UK Shale Dreams U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron’s hopes for a British-style shale gas revolution recently took a major hit. Cameron has promised that his government will be “going all out” to develop Britain’s shale gas resources, which he argues will create new jobs and cut dependence on imported gas. But a committee […]
David Cameron’s constituency safe from fracking as election looms – 200 MPs are not so lucky
David Cameron’s constituency safe from fracking as election looms – 200 MPs are not so lucky Half of prime minister David Cameron’s cabinet face having their water reserves fracked under the controversial Infrastructure Bill but it remains unclear if Cameron’s own Oxfordshire constituency would also be subject to fracking. More than 220 Tory and Lib Dem MPs […]
Downing Street files reveal how Oliver Letwin kept poll tax plans alive | Politics | The Guardian
Downing Street files reveal how Oliver Letwin kept poll tax plans alive | Politics | The Guardian. A young adviser to Margaret Thatcher who is now a minister for David Cameron explicitly suggested that Scotland be used as a testing ground for the introduction of the poll tax, the flagship policy that was eventually to […]
David Cameron warns of looming second global crash | World news | The Guardian
David Cameron warns of looming second global crash | World news | The Guardian. David Cameron has issued a stark message that “red warning lights are flashing on the dashboard of the global economy” in the same way as when the financial crash brought the world to its knees six years ago. Writing in the […]
