by Charlie Masson | May 27, 2023 | Home, Social Issues
“Existential” threats to humanity posed by AI have been acknowledged by Sunak’s government as a white paper from March is claimed to already be out of date. But what is this update to regulations all about? What’s the paper about? The paper,...
by Charlie Masson | May 26, 2023 | Home, Social Issues
For his 66th birthday, WMD enthusiast Alastair Campbell wants primary school students to come in from the playground and start arguing over politics. While this may initially seem like an extreme point of view, his logic isn’t complete bananas. Alastair said, speaking...
by Charlie Masson | May 25, 2023 | Home, Social Issues
In a war cry against… language… on Tuesday, Tory MP Nick Fletcher told Times Radio that asking people to observe pronouns based on anything but their birth-assigned gender is “asking people to lie”. Lewis Hancox, a trans filmmaker and comedian, told Stonewall: “I...
by Charlie Masson | May 24, 2023 | Home, Social Issues
The next time you watch the news and a politician says something seemingly innocuous or simplifies a controversial topic, think twice about what they might actually mean. They might be using a harmful dog whistle. With populism ever popular and the soundbite era in...
by Charlie Masson | May 24, 2023 | Home, Social Issues
Don’t be fooled by the word ‘dropped’, inflation is still here. Prices are still rising, just by 1.4% less than they were in March. In today’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) monthly stats drop, the Consumer Price Index (how inflation of...