UK politics, Labour
A Party for Management Consultants
http://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-party-for-management-consultants.html
UK government minister today: "We cannot - and should not - try to edit or censor our past. At the heart of liberal democracies is a belief that history should be studied, not censored." NB: UK government censored 6,656 files in the national archives
UK COVID strategy leans towards immunising the over 70s then letting the virus spread unchecked through the younger population.
Love having the stupidest people alive in charge of public health.
Bye-bye, Barclay: Sir David Barclay is dead but the zombie Telegraph shambles on...
Good summary of this total shit and his total shit of a twin brother
https://brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/bye-bye-barclay-sir-david-barclay
These people thought Google was just letting CP and hardcore gore float to the top of search results.
US Politics
Why I Am Resigning After Stabbing 97 People for Donald Trump
https://theintercept.com/2021/01/07/trump-administration-resignations/
Tories being bought by US warmongers
Obviously Boris is going to get binned later this year to take the fall for catastrophic covid + brexit handling, but Gove is going to be his replacement and he is on this list too.
Tories being bought by US warmongers
REVEALED: How Boris Johnson and three of his ministers are being courted by a US institute pushing for war with Iran
No, the United States is Not the Home of Democracy
https://novaramedia.com/2021/01/12/no-the-united-states-is-not-the-home-of-democracy/
The Tory Food Parcel Scam
http://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-tory-food-parcel-scam.html
The myth of the free speech crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/03/the-myth-of-the-free-speech-crisis
“A major High Court ruling today re-asserts 250-year-old aversion of the common law to the use of 'general warrants'.
The ruling means the intelligence agencies can no longer rely on 'general warrants' for certain forms of property interference, including hacking.
In the digital age, where a general warrant could easily enable spying on hundreds, thousands or even millions of people, this is a major victory.”
Victory at the High Court against the government’s use of 'general warrants’
Good news for U.K. privacy
US Politics
The Insurrection Was Predictable
Good article on the situation and what needs to be done. Unfortunately I have many years experience of political outcomes in the UK and USA and I can tell you the Democratic party will absolutely not do what is necessary (just as Labour - currently - wouldn't in the UK) so things are going to get much worse in the coming years
https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/capitol-building-storming-far-right-election/
Web Dev, General Annoyance