What affects us affects cats
Summary: Ultimately it is poor admin and not juries which causes inefficiencies and delays in the British justice system. It is broken as are so many of the publicly run services in this benighted country. Lammy, the Justice Secretary, is a fool. He thinks that if he bans juries from many criminal trials it …
UK – This inept Labour government decided that the wealthy, with broad shoulders, should pay more tax to support the unsustainable welfare spending in the UK. The Chancellor dreamed up the ‘mansion tax’ which once enacted would result in owners of properties worth more than 2 million paying 2,500 thousand pounds annually in addition …
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should do this to rehabilitate himself. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is doing nothing at all to rehabilitate himself. He runs from the problems and denies everything. Bad idea. The kitchen sink has been thrown at him in terms of criticism. And rightly so most people would agree. He is probably hated by more people …
Thunberg’s arrest for supporting Palestine Action prisoners is a mistake because it will not result in a successful prosecution, the reasons for which I discuss below. Greta Thunberg has been arrested as you might know for supporting the Palestine Action hunger strikers at a demonstration. In short she is supporting the prisoners and she …
There are signs at Putin’s annual press conference that he has had plastic surgery on his face to look younger. Is this a plausible suggestion? AI responds to this question (Google Gemini). Why do I use AI? Because of speed of production but I always lead the discussion. So this is a partnership! Why …
Trump is the author of his own failure over his attempts to broker peace in the Russia/Ukraine war. Although he blames Zelensky, he should be blaming himself. He has reduced the peace process to deal making. With that premise everything is distorted in attempts to find a solution to the war. And it is …
Waymo, the self-driving car subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. (Google’s parent company), has faced mounting criticism after reports revealed that its autonomous vehicles have been involved in at least 14 collisions with animals since mid-2021. The incidents have sparked concerns about the technology’s ability to prevent accidents involving wildlife, with five animal fatalities linked to …
Here are my thoughts in the form of a letter to the editor of The Times where today there is an article on cloning pets. I have always felt strongly that cloning pets is an act of arrogant self-indulgence with little concern for animal welfare. Cloning Pets: An Act Against Nature and Compassion Sir, …
