Protest Works, Then
Brendan O’Neill complains about the power of the twitterati (or twats, perhaps). I have mixed feelings about this. The mobbing effect when someone says something […]
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But They are Right
I heard Chris Grayling complaining about the campaign against the workfare scheme and today the Telegraph echoes his claims that it is a tiny band of […]
We’re All Too Stupid
Via Timmy, this argument against choice in the NHS. A few years back, 2005, my brother and I were walking along a boulevard in Paris […]
GPS Jammers
When discussing the use of GPS equipment to monitor drivers for insurance purposes, the discussion inevitably turned to jamming the devices. It seems that we […]
Spammers Get Clever
During one of our email exchanges regarding OoL, James, Julia and I were discussing the sudden increase in spam we’ve been getting. James wondered why Spamblock […]
Naughty, Naughty
I just received an emailed newsletter from my MP. Except, I didn’t sign up for it. Oh, I know exactly why I’m on his email […]
Made Up Statistic of the Day
Failure to reform alcohol laws could lead to 210,000 preventable deaths in England and Wales in the next 20 years, doctors have warned. Given the […]
Meanwhile, on Planet Zog
Richard Dawkins faces “awkward questions” regarding his ancestry. But he has expressed surprise at the latest attack, which claims the scientist faces awkward questions because […]
The Great Satan
No, not the USA; Tesco. Well it is fashionable among the Islington intelligentsia to sneer at Tesco as it is the favoured supplier to the […]
Eugenics to the Left of Us
Jonathan Freedland is shilling his latest book over at CiF today and presents us with an article about the history of eugenics in Britain. The […]