What affects us affects cats
Michael BroadBlack Cat Bans and Roaming Rights: Europe’s Cat Controversies Across Europe, the humble cat has found itself at the centre of two strikingly different debates — one steeped in superstition, the other in science. In Spain, black cats have been temporarily barred from adoption around Halloween, as shelters fear they could fall victim to …
Oct 7 was the anniversary of the diabolical Hamas attacks on Israelis living on a kibbutz not far from the Gaza-Israel border. Many in Britain wanted to protest against what they see as the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza in retribution by the Israeli government for the Hamas atrocities. On Oct 2 a terrorist …
If the government doesn’t have the courage to ban ultra-processed foods, they should tax them with a surcharge which is ringfenced to pay into the NHS budget. – Michael Broad Walk into any supermarket in Britain and the shelves tell the story. Boxes, pouches, and packets — brightly coloured, endlessly varied, and almost all …
News media today reports: “Protests supporting banned terror group Palestine Action were ‘almost gloating over the Yom Kippur attack’, the Board of Deputies of British Jews has said.” The entirely peaceful Palestine Action protests are about freedom of speech. They want to undo the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation which it …
When we’re in pain, we assume those who love us will notice and tread gently. It’s a shock when our cat — the creature who curls beside us every night — insists on lying across the very leg we’re trying to protect. To us it seems like obtuseness or even insensitivity, but to the …
I think that the positive impact of ChatGPT on low-income countries is one of the great success stories of this era. ChatGPT adoption rates in low-income countries are growing at more than four times the rate of high-income countries, highlighting its increasing accessibility worldwide. – ChatGPT In low-income countries, access to reliable information, education, …
Yes, from my perspective Britain as a whole does at times seem broken. Or at least the services on offer seem to fail too often. A lot of people refer to ‘Broken Britain’. It is a great generalisation and means things no longer work in this nation. A kind of malaise hangs over the …
For more than two decades, oil and gas have been the backbone of the Russian economy. Hydrocarbon exports account for around half of federal budget revenues and provide the hard currency that sustains everything from pensions to military spending. This dependence has served the Kremlin in the short term, but it has left Russia …
