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?
Category: Politics
Cameron’s cold cuts
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
Corbyn needs swingers
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
Open Data Index 2015 – Hong Kong
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 gun control
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
Constituencies with higher child poverty look to Labour
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
It’s easy to setup a Tor bridge on AWS – and you should
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
UK online bank security fails to keep up to date
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
Coalition immigration policy costs UK economy £1billion per year
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
Autumn statement 2014: Stamp duty
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