Auf Wiedersehen to Germany’s Britons
Time was you couldn’t move for Brits in Germany. First in military deployments in the Cold War, young British men came to Germany in the tens of thousands. Then in the late 1970s and early 1980s,...
Category: Politics
Why an “Uber for carers” could be a dangerous idea
I am a firm believer in the power of technology to do good for the world. In the earlier days of the web, when you could go on The Hunger Site and click a button to feed somebody who was hungry, I...
#WednesdayWisdom: The case for war in the Middle East
“Is Trump going to bomb Iran now?” Sure, why not. Yes, yes, I can already hear all of you bleeding heart rogue state sympathizer traitors whining about how: “But the Middle East can’t stand...
As long as weed is illegal, the wrong people are criminalised
A friend of mine took part in a medical cannabis trial to test whether it could help with the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. She was taking the legitimate cannabis in the trial and found that it...
Russia intensifies repression against Crimean Tatars
“Are you afraid of what could happen if the authorities find out you spoke to a journalist?” I asked the grieving father as we sat in his kitchen in the Crimean city of Bakhchysarai. “No, I’m...
#WednesdayWisdom: The real truth about the Deep State
The Deep State really screwed me over today. First it was the weird weather — too cold in the shade, too hot in the sun, so that I kept having to take my scarf out of my bag and put it on and then...
Is there a corporate case for health care?
Jonathan Oberlander wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine that a Medicare for All healthcare proposal would generate “fierce resistance from conservatives and the business community.”...
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica: delete your account?
The thing about companies like Facebook and Google is that data gathering is a feature, not a bug. It’s how they make their living – by offering highly targeted advertising options based on the...
Learn to speak English, why don’t you?
Sajid Javid, a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has revealed that census data suggests that 770,000 people living in England...
Roy Moore needs some cash. I have an idea he might like
The degree to which the American right espouses an attitude of "I'm alright, Jack" is pretty shocking to outsiders, especially given that the biblical Jesus they profess to follow was all about...