The fact that the government intend to maintain jury trials only for murder, manslaughter and rape shows us that the government doesn’t care about these crimes. No, the government agenda is much more insidious: they want control over what we say and think. They want control over who is punished and who is not. TheContinue reading “Jury Trials: The Last Check on Authoritarian Power”
Monthly Archives: November 2025
The Margins of Error That Lead To Record Temperatures
The Met Office captures temperature data from over 300 Climate Stations located across the UK. From this data, the Met Office produces climate summaries for each year and other metrics such as average annual temperatures for the UK plus long-term averages. From this data it is also possible to glean the highest temperature recorded inContinue reading “The Margins of Error That Lead To Record Temperatures”
Some Are More Equal Than Others
I have only just discovered that MEPs have automatic immunity from prosecution. I learnt this through reading about the case of Ilaria Salis. In February 2023, Ilaria Salis, an Italian national, was, allegedly, a member of a group of 20 Antifa activists who attacked Far Right attendees at an event in Budapest commemorating the anniversaryContinue reading “Some Are More Equal Than Others”
9/11 Insider Trading
On September 12, 2001, the SEC opened an investigation into whether an unknown group of equities traders had made millions of dollars betting against the companies involved in the attacks. For example, on Thursday, Sep 6, two thousand contracts betting that United Airlines’ stock would go down were purchased. Ninety times more in one dayContinue reading “9/11 Insider Trading”
The Future of Food – The Short Version
I wrote this very short overview of Sainsbury’s ‘Future of Food report in order to post on LinkedIn. However, some might prefer it to the very long overview that I published on WordPress a couple of days ago… In 2019, Sainsbury’s commissioned a ‘Future of Food’ report that predicted how food systems may evolve overContinue reading “The Future of Food – The Short Version”