May 3rd, 2022. It’s a few days until the family returns to NZ, disappointed with the signs of poverty in the UK. A contributor to poverty has been the growth of the second home market. This has caused problems in holiday regions (13,500+ in Cornwall). Whilst recognising the
Carlos Carrillo-Tudela Alex Clymo David Zentler-Munro University of Essex Carlos Carrillo-Tudela is a Professor of Economics at the University of Essex, UK. He is also a co-editor of Labour Economics, The Official Journal of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE). Alex Clymo is an Assistant Professor at the Economics
As Orwell wrote, in The Principles of Newspeak, the purpose of the language so called was “to make all other modes of thought impossible”. As Orwell had earlier explained, in Politics and the English Language, the relationship of language and thought is a mutual feedback loop. Thoughts shape language, and
Lauren Southern was right: once again, the Boomers have ruined everything. As analysis of voting trends shows, the only demographic who voted for Emmanuel Macron over Marine Le Pen were les codgers, the over-60s and 70s. Thanks, grandpere et grandmere. But, if Le Pen has lost the presidency, she’s
Remember when Brexit was going to be the end of Britain’s export trade? Of course, that was alongside the end of the entire British economy, Britain going to war with Europe, the deaths of 12,000 Britons and a hail of fire and brimstone raining down from Dundee to
April 27th, 2022. Well, it’s been a busy couple of weeks. Family arrived at Heathrow and managed to clear immigration etc in an hour, which given the horror stories in the media lately was a pleasant surprise. There have been 400 metre queues and waiting times of up to
Kontrast.at/ Kathrin Glösel scoop.me The trial is being organized by 4-Day-Week-Global, together with the think tank Autonomy. Researchers from Cambridge, Oxford, and Boston College universities will monitor and evaluate the field trial. Participating employers include the Royal Society of Biology, brewing company Pressure Drop and a fish ‘n
Those who would trade freedom for safety, as Benjamin Franklin famously said, deserve neither. But Franklin’s libertarian argument is directly at odds with the modern authoritarian cult of imposing safety through complete control. (In true Marxist fashion, NPR ludicrously tries to claim that Franklin’s is “a pro-taxation and
How can a woman be raped when there are no men anywhere nearby? Because not all the “ladies” present were women. Once again, the rampant misogyny inherent in transgender ideology has been exposed by a shocking case in Britain. A woman was raped on a single-sex ward at an unnamed
Gabriel Hays newsbusters.org Gabriel Hays is a staff writer for MRC Culture. Joe and Betty Anderlik Fellow. University of Dallas Class of ’16. You know what? If I can’t cut it in the professional acting world as a man but can transition and try my hand at success
righttolife.org.uk Today, British MPs will vote on an amendment that proposes making the biggest change to abortion legislation since 1967. The amendment would make ‘DIY’ home abortion available permanently and overturn the Government’s decision to end home abortion schemes that were temporarily allowed during the pandemic. Right
March 27th, 2022. Well, the Chancellor had his spring economic statement last week, which was a complete waste of time. He confirmed the rise in National Insurance from 11% to 12.5% which is portrayed as a 1.5% rise. In actual fact, it is a 10% increase in the
Racism — is there anything it can’t explain? As Theodore Dalrymple has written, so-called “anti-racists” are obsessed with race. “Every event or social phenomenon” is “a manifestation of racism”, even when alternative explanations are obvious. If whites flee suburbs and pull their children from schools with a high percentage of
The Duke of Cambridge has acknowledged that he may not succeed the Queen and the Prince of Wales as head of the Commonwealth, as he vowed not to be “telling people what to do”. […] In 2018, Commonwealth leaders decided that the Prince of Wales should succeed the Queen in the
righttolife.org.uk A woman who was scheduled to have an abortion, but decided to not go ahead with the abortion after receiving help from pro-life volunteers outside an abortion clinic, is calling on MLAs to sign a Petition of Concern to stop a Bill that would criminalise offering support
