Jonathan Portes worked on the privatisation of England's water in 1989 and concludes that it was "an organised rip-off". "This is a dystopian vision, from a man who has gained the stature of a leading intellectual on the Conservative right. Its denial of evidence on climate change, on the complexity of modern economies and the underlying strains in Britain's unequal society is extraordinary." William Wallace has been reading David Frost. "It's time to end the farcical privatisation that has left 92 per cent of England off limits to the public (and a whopping 97 per cent of its rivers). Right ...
When I chose Cloudy by the Seekers as my music video last Sunday I wrote about their producer Tom Springfield, who also wrote some of the songs they are best known for.I mentioned that the folk-tinged Springfields, which also included his sister Dusty, were the first British group to have a top 20 hit in the US. And I also mentioned two great pieces of trivia: His baptismal name was Dionysius O'Brien (Dusty's was Mary O'Brien)Like Alan Bennett, Dennis Potter and Michael Frayn, he was a graduate of the Russian course at the Joint Services School for Linguists. Today I ...
Hello! I'm Mark Pack, author of Polling UnPacked: The History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls, as well as 101 Ways To Win An Election and Bad News: what the headlines don't tell us. Welcome to my summary of the latest national voting intention poll from each pollster currently operating in Britain. Below the table, you'll find the option to sign up to email updates about new polls and also a set of answers to frequently asked questions about political polling. Or, if you'd like to find out more about how polls work, how reliable they are and how ...
Fri, 12:56: RT @dhtoomey: I spent the past few days talking to 10 billionaires. I asked them what's the most important rule for making your first $100... Fri, 12:58: Daily #187 1️⃣4️⃣⬛0️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣⬛1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣⬛0️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣⬛1️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣⬛0️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣⬛2️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣⬛1️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣⬛1️⃣3️⃣ https://t.co/1E46GFGhS3 #sedecordle Fri, 16:05: Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers - The Old New Thing https://t.co/kdhGQjlkyk yep. still has. Fri, 18:10: Dalek Combat Training Manual, by Richard Atkinson and Mike�Tucker https://t.co/3Zv7cnDNnY Sat, 07:32: Daily #188 0️⃣4️⃣⬛1️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣⬛0️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣⬛0️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣⬛0️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣⬛0️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣⬛1️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣⬛1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣⬛1️⃣3️⃣ https://t.co/1E46GFXTgD #sedecordle Sat, 08:03: How completely ridiculous. What is wrong with having a good time? ...
If it has done just one service to humanity, the current contest to be the next prime minister has exposed the Tory leadership for a politically-bankrupt bunch of chancers, intent on adopting the most extreme views in an effort to appeal to the backwoodsmen and women who will determine their fate. Any thoughts of human rights, international law, equality, concern for the poorest in our society, even the health service has been cast aside as the two candidates seek to carve out a distinct right wing position for themselves that would make Donald Trump blush. When it takes Michael Gove ...
In the Times (£), Matt Chorley points out that Keir Starmer is on a push to steal the Lib Dems' big ideas: So the Labour leader is back. And we now know what he was doing in Spain: trying to get on the Lib Dem website using up whatever 4G was left in his mobile package now that free roaming, which wasn't going to disappear after Brexit, amazingly disappeared after Brexit. I've lost track of where we were with the Starmer Relaunch Roulette game, but whoever had "Ed Davey tribute act" has had a good week. On October 26 last ...
The Ninewells Community Garden AGM takes place online next Tuesday - 23rd August - at 5pm. Come and listen to Caishlan Sweeney from the Eden Project talk about the Eden Project Dundee proposals - all welcome! To register go to
