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Why I Refuse a Smart Meter and You Should Too
Introduction Back in 2008 Gordon Brown’s government introduced powers for a smart meter rollout in the Energy Act 2008 . The rollout then began under the equally disastrous Cameron-Clegg coalition in 2011. What has...
The Timeless Game of Chess: Why Its Popularity Is Surging Again
Every generation seems to discover chess anew, and now it seems chess is experiencing its latest surge of popularity. A truly global game, chess has captivated and frustrated players for hundreds of years. The...
Should We Really Be Concerned About AI?
There is a growing trend of scaremongering about the dangers of AI. Ill-informed opinions are bandied about singularities and emergent abilities etc. Journalists and content creators are engaged in a feeding frenzy; prophesying doom...
UK’s Assault on Freelancing
One of the major achievements of the Thatcher government was reforms to the labour market making the British economy more flexible and competitive. Part of that flexibility is the option for workers to take...
The Fusion Power Pipe Dream
In December 2022 the MSM breathlessly announced a major breakthrough in the dream of generating limitless clean energy from nuclear fusion. Sadly, beneath the naïvely optimistic headlines fusion power remains as elusive as ever. ...