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Post-Brexit Agrochemical Apocalypse for the UK?
Post-Brexit Agrochemical Apocalypse for the UK? The British government, regulators and global agrochemical corporations are colluding with each other and are thus engaging in criminal behaviour. That’s the message put forward in a new report written by environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason and sent to the UK Environment Agency. It follows her January 2019 open letter […]
London Is The Third Most-Surveilled City In The World
London Is The Third Most-Surveilled City In The World According to a study by research website Comparitech, most of the world’s most surveilled cities are located in China. The country has been making headlines for its intense use of surveillance technology and, as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz details below, is featured heavily throughout the whole ranking that looked […]
The UK and US are Starting a New Cold War with Russia and China, So What are These Governments Trying to Hide?
The UK and US are Starting a New Cold War with Russia and China, So What are These Governments Trying to Hide? Photograph Source: Jonathan Stonehouse – CC BY 2.0 The new Cold War launched by the West against China and Russia is escalating by the day. In a single week, the Kremlin has been unmasked […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 11th 2020 – Bond Triggers Tumble
Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 11th 2020 – Bond Triggers Tumble “When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re going to see some serious…. “ After last night’s Boris announcement on not reopening the economy, it clearly doesn’t need any further explanation.. (US Readers – complex sarcasm alert.) Over the course of the lockdown, I’ve been […]
Covid-19 and the Collapse of Cash
Covid-19 and the Collapse of Cash In my last article I referred to how since fears of Covid-19 in the UK took root in March, cash usage has fallen dramatically. Whilst the drop off has been substantial, the trend of cash payments being in decline is long established. Based on early evidence, the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated this […]
“Worst. Recession. Ever.”
“Worst. Recession. Ever.” When Harry Met Comic-Book-Guy “Worst global downturn since the Great Depression” says the IMF. Actually, it’s potentially worse than that.We are seeing credible (initial) claims in the UK and US that millions/tens of millions are going to be unemployed – again taking us back to black & white memories of long queues of […]
UK Police Force Threatens to Search Shopping Baskets to Catch ‘Lockdown’ Violators Forced to backtrack after public backlash. A police force in the UK threatened to start searching people’s shopping baskets in order to catch coronavirus lockdown violators, but later had to backtrack following a public backlash. Northamptonshire Police chief constable Nick Adderley prompted outrage […]
Rabobank: “There Is Really Only One Headline Today – That PM Boris Johnson Is In Intensive Care”
Rabobank: “There Is Really Only One Headline Today – That PM Boris Johnson Is In Intensive Care” ICU There is really only one headline today – that UK PM Boris Johnson is in intensive care. Indeed, as several medical experts have attested, given the critical shortage of ICU beds he is likely to be on a […]
Rabobank: “There Will Be Attempts To Go Back To Normal After This Crisis, But It Will Be Impossible”
Rabobank: “There Will Be Attempts To Go Back To Normal After This Crisis, But It Will Be Impossible” The Grand National-ists The weekend’s world-famous UK horse race, the Grand National, was won by Potters Corner, trained in Wales and ridden by Jack Tudor, at 18-1. That’s a little unusual – but not as much as the […]
We’re Asking One Question In Assange’s Case: Should Journalists Be Punished For Exposing War Crimes?
We’re Asking One Question In Assange’s Case: Should Journalists Be Punished For Exposing War Crimes? This is a speech I gave yesterday at a demonstration for Assange with the Socialist Equality Party Australia. Tomorrow in the UK a judge will start the process of answering a very important question. It’s a question that many of us knew was the […]
Burning Trees For Heating Won’t Help With Climate Change: UK Think Tank
Burning Trees For Heating Won’t Help With Climate Change: UK Think Tank A suggestion by the UK Committee on Climate Change to burn more wood and plant replacement trees as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels has drawn criticism from think tank Chatham House, which says this is hardly the best approach to reducing emissions. “Expanding forest cover […]
UK Researcher Predicts Over 250,000 Chinese Will Have Coronavirus In Ten Days
UK Researcher Predicts Over 250,000 Chinese Will Have Coronavirus In Ten Days When it comes to estimating the human capital and potential fallout from a highly contagious epidemic, arguably the most important variable is the R0 (“R-naught”) value of the disease, which represents the average number of secondary cases arising from an average primary case in a […]
Media’s Deafening Silence On Latest WikiLeaks Drops Is Its Own Scandal
Media’s Deafening Silence On Latest WikiLeaks Drops Is Its Own Scandal This is getting really, really, really weird. WikiLeaks has published yet another set of leaked internal documents from within the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) adding even more material to the mountain of evidence that we’ve been lied to about an alleged chemical weapons attack in […]
Zero carbon Britain: Rising to the climate emergency
Zero carbon Britain: Rising to the climate emergency A new report out today from Rapid Transition Alliance founding member the Centre for Alternative technology (CAT) looks at how the UK can cut energy demand by 60% and reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions using current technologies, without relying on unproven carbon capture. By modelling the changes needed […]
