Defining misinformation, disinformation and propaganda
It is important to understand the distinction between misinformation, disinformation and propaganda, especially as all three are prevalent within all societies, be they democracies or dictatorships....
View ArticleBritain slowly emerges as new totalitarian state
Totalitarian – adjective 1. of or relating to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life. 2....
View ArticleHow corrupt is the British government?
There is no limit or cap on the amount a permissible donor can give to a political party in the UK. The result is that a spotlight has been thrown on the Conservative Party’s close links with the hedge...
View ArticleDavid Cameron Insists On No Encryption In The UK
‘No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home, or correspondence.’ The Universal Declaration of Human Rights David Cameron managed a few months ago to opine a...
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Fake Housing Market, Fake Stock Market and Fake Millionaires
“One in 65 people is now worth seven-figures after surge in the price of property and stock markets” the newspapers have been crowing. “The number of British millionaires has shot up by 40 per cent in...
View ArticleCan We Trust What Government Tell Us?
There are differences between manipulating words, bending the truth, omitting material facts and outright lies, some obvious, some subtle. Then there is propaganda and disinformation. Government and...
View ArticleThe Extinction of Privacy and Personal Security Via Biometrics and the...
In a survey of 1,000 UK shoppers by the retail personalisation company RichRelevance, respondents were asked to rate a suite of in-store shopping technologies as either “cool” or “creepy”, and facial...
View ArticleA great day for burying bad news – the last day of Parliament
British parliamentary Ministers have been accused of a ‘shockingly and highly cynical’ bid to bury bad news after releasing an astonishing number embarrassing announcements hidden amongst some...
View ArticleThe Truth About Poverty In Britain Is Much Worse Than You Think
Forty years after Margaret Thatcher came to power the true extent of neoliberal market reforms are still unravelling and inequality, as we are now hearing almost daily, has inexhorably taken a grip and...
View ArticleMore cover-ups? British gov’t plans to restrict cabinet papers going to...
This is in large part a speech by MP Richard Burgon (Leeds East – Labour) about historical cabinet papers, secrecy of the government, its supporting institutions, the hiding of previous socially toxic...
View ArticleLocal democracy under attack by George Osborne
The government wants the power to overrule council pension investment decisions. George Osborne wants to grant the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government the ‘power of intervention’,...
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Discovering the power of people’s history – and why it is feared today
Every Friday or Saturday we feature an article written by highly acclaimed film-maker, author and journalist John Pilger who, with such foresight encapsulates how our world is being shaped by...
View ArticleUK ‘Snoopers Charter ‘not in the nation’s interest’– here’s why
UK Bill Hands Vast Surveillance Powers to Police and Intelligence Agencies On March 1, Home Secretary Theresa May published the Investigatory Powers Bill (IPB), known by critics as the “snooper’s...
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The party game is over. Stand and fight
Every Friday or Saturday we feature an article written by highly acclaimed film-maker, author and journalist John Pilger who, with such foresight encapsulates how our world is being shaped by...
View ArticleEU backs off from clamping down on corporate profit shifting to non EU tax...
The inexorable approach of country by country reporting The full publication of multinational companies’ country-by-country reporting took a step closer today. A begrudging step, which as it stands...
View ArticleDeregulation – Putting the fox in charge of the henhouse
The whole point of government regulation is to intervene in the conflict of interest that companies and individuals have between their own financial benefit and the public interest. Most people seem to...
View ArticleUK government told ‘stop the scandal of privatised aid ’ as new report...
Shadow secretary of state for international development, Diane Abbott, calls for critical assessment of the free market reforms that Adam Smith Institute (ASI) are pushing in the developing world UK...
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The Trade Union Bill and its likely effect on strike action
Astra Emir considers the impact the Trade Union Bill currently making its way through the Lords would have if it came into force. She writes that although the Bill could well limit the number and...
View ArticleThree things we’ve learned from the steel crisis
By New Economics – It’s been a week since the news broke of Tata Steel’s decision to put its UK operations up for sale, triggering a tsunami of recrimination and finger-pointing. Things are moving fast...
View ArticleThe New BBC White Paper could be a recipe for long-term decline
By Democratic Audit – The provisions set out new BBC White Paper could compromise both the BBC’s international reputation for freedom from government interference, and its place at the heart of British...
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