Rob: Many of those laws are no longer in existence – but freedom is still an issue around the world today. The BBC Freedom 2014 season looked at examples of modern-day slavery in the Thai fishing industry. There is forced labour, where people a...
As seen, Lord Hoffmann is of the view that the reasoning lawyers embark upon to interpret and ascertain the meaning of words, including legal terms, does not, substantially, differ from everyday (i.e. common) reasoning. Also as mentioned, this view is both theoretically compelling and practica...
Globalisation is still the driving force behind most economic activity, which is now dominated equally by the US and China. This has created a level of geopolitical stability, although this balance is continually being tested, especially in the digital sphere, where a handful of large firms domina...
It was designed to work this way that when a woman is ready to experience love, she is ready to have a baby; if something needs to be done to prevent suffering from social stigmatization, it would be to have a society that conforms better to the needs of mothers and children. Many wom...
Internationally, I’m loving the library publicity around “Ireland Reads Day” and finding similarities in Australia and News Zealand to what is happening here. But then there is the USA. Dear God, the USA. Makes me glad to be British. Changes by local authority Enfield –£500k cut, 7...
and is the only source of atmospheric warming for half the day. The oceans can do this because they have 1,000 time greater thermal capacity than the thin atmosphere above. They are greater in both mass and specific heat. I leave that simple maths to you to check. Any smart speaker will...
Efforts towards more equitable resource distribution can start with retracting neoliberal governance; that is, to stop seeking policy solutions that continue to benefit those who are already advantaged. A view from the USA David Hursh Over the last 30 years, New Yorkers have been involved in a ...
As always, this is a labour of love, but it aligns with an important message I share all the time– it is time to pay attention to the information that matters, and what is going on in our world matters. The shiny stuff (political scandals, celebrity nonsense, and...
causing them to cohere. Taken in isolation, each moment is thin but, through repetition and insistence, what is thin acquires substance. In the catastrophic stillness, there is time to notice whose labour brings your mail or stocks the supermarket shelves, whose consistency and whose risk sustains...
Scottish Labour Thinks Cishet Animals Are More Equal than Others Jan10 Elaine Smith MSP Whilst bigotry exists in every country, Scotland in recent years, while by no means immune from hate, has been a shining example of LGBTQ tolerance and acceptance. ...