It is Brexit day: what does this mean for Science?
Brexit is upon us. Today the UK ceases to be an EU member and enters a transition phase. How will that impact science in the UK?
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Disinformation and ‘fake news’: The UK’s Interim Report is available
The UK parliament has a Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee that has just published an Interim Report on Fake News. I’ll get to that in a minute, but first let’s start with a bit of background by Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla)who wrote a great description of who they are and what they have been doing. Last Saturday … Read more
Silence of the BBC: Reply and Rebuttal
A couple of days ago I was posting about the ongoing silence of the BBC when it comes to covering these topics as News … The scandals around the Brexit referendum. The Leave campaign broke the law The interference by Russia in the Brexit vote. Nick Cohen write a blistering article in NYR that slow … Read more
Why did people actually vote for #BREXIT in the UK?
To anybody outside the UK, the observation that a majority of those voting went against what is in their best interests and voted for the UK to leave the European Union is quite puzzling. However, once you move beyond the initial emotional shock, you then discover that the generally accepted explanation offered by the media is … Read more
UKIP MP Claims: “Experts are wrong about the moon causing ocean tides”
Within the UK there is a political party known as UKIP (or UK Independence Party). It has developed a bit of a reputation over the years as a bastion of some rather odd ideas and so this is all about the latest example of such weirdness. A previous and rather famous example was David Silvester, a Ukip councillor for … Read more
Legal Expert: #Brexit campaign was ‘criminally irresponsible’
If you have not yet viewed this, and are interested in what actually happened during the #BREXIT campaigns, then you should watch the following video. In it Professor Michael Dougan assesses UK’s position following vote to leave the EU. As a legal expert he is also very vocally critical of the LEAVE campaign, not simply because … Read more