Thoughts and not beliefs, with the occasional wild speculation
Simply, you have to notice the change without looking out for it. That is probably the best way to ensure you do not bias or trick your perception, or even induce a placebo effect (admittedly beneficial in itself if you can sustain it). Whether eating a tonne of beetroot for its anti-oxidants and allegedly improve …
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The problem with writing in a vacuum is you simply do not know how far off the mark you are, as there is no one to judge the plausibility and more or less sanity of any idea you examine. For this reason I have tried to warn the friendly visitor that there may, from time …
Britain is currently going through one of its worst national economic crises ever, just after the supposedly empowering move of Brexit. In amongst soundbites on freedom from the tyranny of the EU and a magical NHS (represented by a magic all bus) the slogan that reportedly clinched Brexit was as we all by now know …
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Many reviews of Anglo-Jewish filmmaker Gillian Mosely’s documentary, The Tinderbox: Israel and Palestine – The Untold Story, highlight that it raises uncomfortable questions, mostly for the pro-Israel camp. (See JW3, Jewish News and various film critic reviews, and a discussion with Mosely at Oxford University Middle East Centre). A fact based, emotionally and politically neutral …
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The Queen of the United Kingdom has died. The nation mourns her death, and every subject takes from it – or perhaps projects onto it – a meaning that feels both personal and profound. But looking beyond the outpouring of grief, praise and inevitable celebration, what we see is less a remarkable woman born to …
In 2006, the ultra-right conservative, Christian fundamentalist Amy Coney Barrett, later appointed to the US supreme Court in 2022, signed her name to a newspaper ad taken out by an anti-abortion group. The ad condemned what the group characterised as “abortion on demand”, further declaring support for “the right to life from fertilization to natural …
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It’s actually difficult to decide which is worse when it comes to the former editor of THE Sun and currently almost-everywhere controversial media personality Piers Morgan: whether generally he believes what he says, or says it in the belief it will garner the most attention and approval? This disclaimer aside, it’s not impossible that on …
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The knives are out for Boris Johnson as events unfold at a pace even hungry reporters are finding dizzying to keep up with. Till now it has proven difficult to pin down the Convict, as John Crace of the Guardian calls Johnson. Or, rather more aptly, to grab hold of the Greased Piglet, who after …
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This could pass as the average profile of a right wing conservative in America. The overturning of Roe v Wade in June 2022 is what some are calling the thin edge of the wedge. Soon, they fear, all other freedoms and rights will be under threat, all sanctioned by the highest authority in the land. …
Hypothetical News Correspondent DPC Ed Sir Kier Starmer delivered an impassioned plea to the British public to support the RMT in it’s bid for better pay and work conditions. “I urge the British public to stand by our Rail workers,” Sir Kier said when visiting the RMT headquarters today. “It is in our interests as …
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