June 2019

It's not the robots' fault

Robots To Take 20 Million Jobs, Worsening Inequality It’s not like robots take anything, they are not persons, this is not their fault.

Sir Clegg - Disaster Zone

Amol Rajan: What kind of internet do you want? In recent months I have been influenced by a paper on The Geopolitics of Digital Governance by two University of Southampton academics, Kieron O’Hara and Dame Wendy Hall.

We Are This Fecked

Tory leadership: Who gets to choose the UK’s next prime minister?

Does Someone Stop Being a Racist by Saying Sorry?

Liam Fox criticises Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan Boris Johnson’s claim that world trade rules could be used after Brexit to avoid tariffs “isn’t true”, cabinet minister Liam Fox has said.

Unfit to Lead

Most Conservative members would see party destroyed to achieve Brexit

Bribery & Corruption Tory Style

Tory leadership contest: Do tax plans add up? In the race to succeed Theresa May as prime minister, Conservative leadership contenders are setting out how they want to run the UK.

Meaningless Drivel

President Trump says Brexit ’no problem’ for Ireland The issue of the Irish border after Brexit will “not be a problem at all”, Donald Trump has claimed on his first visit to Ireland as US President.

A bit out of touch?

Hammond: I reject idea millions live in dire poverty The chancellor has rejected claims there are millions of people living in dire poverty in Britain.