What affects us affects cats
Prince Andrew: The Indulged Prince and the Making of a Black Sheep Andrew has been in the news lately. A lot. Once the press get hold of a story they don’t let go. They milk it to destruction which is why the King has stepped in late in the day and obtained Andrew’s agreement …
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 …
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 …
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 …
I entered into a discussion with ChatGPT on what is a popular topic: the gradual ‘breaking bad’ of Google around ten years ago. My personal viewpoint is that because Google has such a dominant position in the internet it has added responsibilities of trust in its relationship with the public. It MUST act as …
The Ryder Cup today is one of the crown jewels of international sport. A three-day contest between Europe and the United States, it commands enormous television audiences, corporate sponsorship, and week-long media coverage that far exceeds the relatively small number of matches played. Its players are millionaires, yet they compete for pride rather than …
