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Brexit and the Irish Border
With the current focus on negotiations over Brexit and the Irish Border, the Government’s partner, the DUP, have been very loud in their objection to the argument that an open border with the Republic of Ireland should be the primary … Continue reading
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Scotland’s Energy Future – Upgrading our Housing Stock
On the 8th November 2017 I attended an RSE Community Engagement Event, on Scotland’s Energy Future, Community Engagement Event, in Dumfries Easterbrook Hall, on the 8th November 2017. A point arising from the discussion was the importance of space heating … Continue reading
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Freedom Ride
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cstzb3 This is a beautiful little half hour programme I listened to this morning on the BBC World Service. Of course I knew about Rosa Park, but the story told in this programme is a timely reminder of what the … Continue reading
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I Hate the Whiteman
The exploitation of the British Working classes went hand in hand with the exploitation of the colonies. Unregulated capitalism and the development of the British Empire were a joint enterprise and, in the view expressed in the song, the destroyers of traditional culture and values across the globe. Continue reading
Brexit and the Need for A Multiple Choice Referendum
Let us consider two views of the referendum outcome on 23rd June ; the people have decided to leave the European Union regardless of the terms agreed the people have decided only that they wish to leave, but have … Continue reading
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What really happened in Sweden last night…
More or Less, [ Radio 4 and the BBC World Service] routinely challenges the interpretation and conclusions drawn from the data circulating in the news. It is a programme which succeeds in making statistics interesting, even amusing. This week’s edition … Continue reading
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Hare Crosses the Border
Start the Week [27Feb2017] was a discussion linked by the theme of borders. In particular I was drawn to the contribution of map-maker Garrett Carr who has travelled “Ireland’s border to explore the smugglers, kings, peacemakers and terrorists who’ve criss-crossed … Continue reading
Alan Winfield on robot ethics
Alan Winfield, who glories in the title of “Professor of Robot Ethics,” at the University of the West of England was a recent subject of Jim Al-Khalili’s Radio 4 series “The Life Scientific.” , [21Feb17], At one point in … Continue reading
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Yanis Varoufakis comments on Ireland, the UK and Brexit.
Yanis Varoufakis has a knack, rare in economists, for saying things clearly, simply and persuasively: “Take a look at the map of Ireland. You have a small island that has to develop an economic policy for development that is common … Continue reading
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Donald Trump First, Donald Trump First, Donald Trump First
Recent events in Charlottesville have shone a light on the attitude to race of President Trump and his now departed political strategist, Steven Bannon. For a moment Trump seemed to be making his position clear: “When we open our … Continue reading →