Below is my answer Jon Danzig’s challenge to respond to his post suggesting Russell Brand’s electoral advice to not bother voting was dumb and disrespectful to those who fought for our right to the ballot. I’d have posted it in the comments thread of his piece but got chucked off for reasons I couldn’t fathom. […]
Fraudcast News has been out and about for three years now, making its way into the world without the benefits of a conventional publishing push behind. Without me exactly knowing how – the free PDF has been downloaded more than 10,000 times now and I’ve managed to sell a few hundred paperback copies both online […]
22 January at 19:30–21:00 Shakespeare and Co, Sterngasse 2, 1010, Vienna Find all the details here
This is not a complicated post to write, nor need it be very long. The basic premise is how the UK legal system treats criminal behaviour differently depending on who’s behaviour it is – somewhat at odds with Magna Carta notions of due process – an idea that dates from, err, just a tadge under […]
Geoffrey Ingham, a Life Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge has weighed into openDemocracy’s Just Money debate with a worthwhile article called: “Whose money is it?” He talks about how money is created and the way that relates to power. The piece is part of a wider series run by OurKingdom to mark the publication […]
I wrote this comment in response to the following article by the World Association of Newspapers and Newspaper Publishers. Thomson Reuters can hire all the new journalists it wants but won’t change anything fundamental about its daily news file. Sorry about that. The agency deserves its reputation as providing a service that helps rich people […]
