The UK government’s recent digital ID consultation contains a detail that should have triggered far more alarm than it did. Ministers are proposing a national identity system built around a biometric image […]
Your ID Photos Will Power UK Facial Recognition System
UK and EU’s ETS is a dishonest tax on electricity
The analysis of emission taxes and trading in the electricity market is a classic example of how the simple analytical models of economic theory get misapplied. Variants of the UK’s Emission Trading […]
UK Covid Inquiry only serves to allow the establishment to receive get-out-of-jail-free cards
In response to a comment left under an article, Tom Jefferson explains that Baroness Heather Hallett’s pantomime, which is officially known as the UK Covid Inquiry, ignored science and evidence. “Until this […]
Forgotten Heroes: Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry, a Quaker minister and prison reformer, visited Newgate prison in 1813 and was appalled by the conditions, leading to her campaign for prison reform. Her efforts resulted in the reform […]
Essex Police Pause Facial Recognition, But Why Was It Rolled Out at All?
Essex Police has paused its use of live facial recognition after a Cambridge study found the system was statistically more likely to correctly identify black people than other ethnic groups, and more […]
“Renewable energy” subsidies were destroying America’s energy freedom; a handful of politicians stopped the subsidies and saved the grid
Politicians who cut “renewable energy” subsidies saved the USA’s power grid by incentivising reliable generation which was having its operating revenue looted by subsidised, unreliable solar and wind. “The politicians who cut […]
Governments attempting to control “hate” is a hallmark of totalitarian regimes
The Spanish government has launched a “hatred and polarisation footprint” to monitor social media users. Monitoring “hate” is one of the hallmarks of a totalitarian regime. “The mix of moralism, technocracy and […]