DIRTY BUSINESS, DIRTY OIL, DIRTY TANKERS.
To finance its war against Ukraine by selling oil, Russia is using old tankers, often without valid registration or transponders […]
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Nick Hollinghurst
Working for social democracy and a greener world through the Liberal Democrats
Category: Politics
DISTURBING SURVEY OF US OPINION REVEALS THE FRAGILITY OF AMERICA’S COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY.
Although billed as showing that “a vast majority of Americans express support for democracy” and that “88 % of respondents […]
Read more →FAIR AND SQUARE FOR INVESTMENT AND REWARD
When companies invest in UK they do so in the hope of profitable business – and UK welcomes this as […]
Read more →The Public Service Ethos must be Defended
There are many public service activities where it is inappropriate for private contractors to be involved. The contractors in some […]
Read more →Nationalism and Populism will Never Work in the Long Term
Sorry, Reform and Tories. There is no simple answer.
Are there too many people in the UK?
Well, looking at the rate […]
Biden was aware of the dangers of biased AI systems – so he introduced safeguards. But Trump could see the potential of “politically correct” AI in moulding thought and culture to please the MAGA base, the evangelical right wing and the US ‘Technoplutocrats’ – so he cancelled Biden’s safeguards as quickly as he could!
As you all know there are many different versions of “AI” from Expert Systems to “LLM Chatboxes”, e.g. ChatGPT. It’s […]
Read more →People putting up “personality tests” or topical polls on Social Media may not have your interests at heart!
There seem to be more “polls” on social media offering to analyse your personality, views, philosophy/beliefs, opinion on current issues […]
Read more →In the US, Correctly Applied DEI Policies are Associated with Corporate Success.
A paper in the Harvard Business Review last year showed an organisation’s main driver for DEI is to ensure that […]
Read more →The UK’s Bill of Shame
We shouldn’t be bringing in legislation to try to frustrate and obstruct asylum applications from refugees. It’s an infringement of […]
Read more →A Shameful Abrogation of UK’s Responsibility towards Refugees as Tories Move to “suspend Human Rights” for “Irregular Arrivals”.
Some people have got the idea that UK is prevented by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) from deporting […]
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