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Random Life Data

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Category: Politics

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Who would vote for them?

Posted on September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 by RLD

The election of 2015 produced what many consider a shock result – a Conservative majority. Social media has been vitriolic… Read more Who would vote for them?

David Cameron at the deli

Cameron’s cold cuts

Posted on September 24, 2015September 24, 2015 by RLD

Here’s the RandomLifeData take on David Cameron’s #PigGate, or the #SnoutRage scandal. For anyone that’s been in outer space recently,… Read more Cameron’s cold cuts

Jeremy Corbyn

Corbyn needs swingers

Posted on September 19, 2015 by RLD

Jeremy Corbyn has recently been elected as leader of the Labour Party and several people are dismayed. The reasoning is… Read more Corbyn needs swingers

Rob Davidson discusses the hong kong budget

Open Data Index 2015 – Hong Kong

Posted on September 18, 2015September 18, 2015 by RLD

This week I was back at Open Data Hong Kong talking about the Open Data Index and encouraging folk to take… Read more Open Data Index 2015 – Hong Kong

Australian homicide rates

Australian gun control

Posted on September 2, 2015September 2, 2015 by RLD

This is a quick and dirty response to the Young Turks video about Mark Hamill‘s Twitter comments about gun control… Read more Australian gun control

Graph of child poverty and how constituencies vote

Constituencies with higher child poverty look to Labour

Posted on May 3, 2015September 10, 2015 by RLD

Labour used to be renowned as the champions of the working class. A narrowing of job diversity and a mixture… Read more Constituencies with higher child poverty look to Labour

Panel including Laura Poitras, Jacob Applebaum and Robert Tibbo at Citizen Four screening in Hong Kong

It’s easy to setup a Tor bridge on AWS – and you should

Posted on April 25, 2015September 10, 2015 by RLD

I was lucky enough to be invited to a screening of Citizen Four with a follow up Q&A panel with… Read more It’s easy to setup a Tor bridge on AWS – and you should

Unsafe SSL warning

UK online bank security fails to keep up to date

Posted on April 25, 2015September 7, 2015 by RLD

Perhaps it’s because I’d just seen CitizenFour and was feeling edgy about internet privacy that I noticed the little padlock symbol… Read more UK online bank security fails to keep up to date

Theresa May

Coalition immigration policy costs UK economy £1billion per year

Posted on April 14, 2015September 10, 2015 by RLD

Various newspapers have been reporting the spectacular failure of the Tory promise to reduce net migration to tens of thousands… Read more Coalition immigration policy costs UK economy £1billion per year

The chancellor, George Osborne

Autumn statement 2014: Stamp duty

Posted on December 5, 2014September 10, 2015 by RLD

The autumn statement swings round again and perhaps because it’s the one before the next general election, it has even… Read more Autumn statement 2014: Stamp duty

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