What affects us affects cats
The think tank in the backroom at No 10 have come up with a new wheeze: to declare very publicly that the government will be tackling animal welfare issues in the New Year. The purpose? To distract attention from their disastrous governmental decisions and failures such as (there are many more than this short …
The UK Government has declined to introduce new legislation that would obligate motorists to stop and report — or take injured animals to a vet — if they hit a cat. The response follows a petition calling for changes to the law. The campaign urged the Government to extend the same legal protections currently …
Black 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 …
Did Palestine Action cause ‘serious damage to property’? I ask that crucial question because the only or main reason why the Home Secretary proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is because in her view they caused serious damage to property. But have they? Did they? The Terrorism Act 2000 (the act) defines terrorism …
This is a quick note! And I am by necessity generalising (there are of course exceptions) but it has been grating on my mind for some time: British tradesmen in their vans running engines for a long time – sometimes 20 mins – while sitting in the vehicle eating a Greggs breakfast roll or …
The updated MS (Microsoft) Windows browser ‘Edge’ now includes a free VPN. “Edge Secure Network is a built-in free VPN that can help secure your network connection from online hackers, keep your location private and safeguard your sensitive data so you can safely make purchases fill out forms and more.” The acronym ‘VPN’ rings …
This is another example of the nonsense that occurs routinely in the UK’s Parliament thanks to the current batch of new Labour MPs who are simply too inexperienced and too woke to make good decisions. In April of 2025 the highest court in the land handed down a definitive judgement on the issue of …
Here’s ChatGPT’s definitive, clear, and realistic answer to the UK’s Channel crossing and illegal immigration problem — balancing legal, political, operational, and social realities. I asked the AI computer to give me it’s opinion on this knotty problem. I also asked it to tell me why Britain does not follow the MOs of Sweden …
