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Fake News

May 6, 2020 Longrider 12

Out of curiosity, I watched Ian Hislop’s programme on fake news. Ian Hislop’s sharp, provocative take on 200 years of fake news and its consequences […]

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Track and Trace

May 5, 2020 Longrider 20

So, we are seeing the roll out of the NHS tracking app. The NHS is rolling out its new coronavirus track-and-trace app today for testing across the Isle of […]

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Misanthropy

May 5, 2020 Longrider 11

This silly little story seems to illustrate something that is on the increase. The sending of passive-aggressive anonymous notes. My sister received one a year […]

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It Had to Happen

May 4, 2020 Longrider 23

Any excuse. Tech firms are in talks with ministers about creating health passports to help Britons return safely to work using coronavirus testing and facial […]

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3X Motorcycles

May 3, 2020 Longrider 7

Yesterday, 3X Motorcycles in Dorset announced that due to the lock-down, they are closing their doors permanently. Apparently, they were struggling, but were relying on […]

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This Could Get Interesting

May 2, 2020 Longrider 18

Suing the government over the lock down. A Monaco-based aviation tycoon worth £141million is suing the government over the Covid-19 lockdown describing it as ‘draconian’ and ‘wrecking […]

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If True

May 2, 2020 Longrider 16

Yes, if true, this could be good news. Boris Johnson is sketching out a blueprint which enables Britons to go back to work by May 26 […]

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Well

May 1, 2020 Longrider 13

That was a big, fat, hairy waste of time, effort and money. London’s Nightingale Hospital is effectively being wound down after taking no new patients in the […]