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I am in Provence, reached care of British Airways. BA seem to be under the impresion that they are carrying planeloads of sheep or cattle, at best, or faceless lumps of meat at worst. I remember my parents flying off in the the 1950s with brand new luggage and dressed to kill, greeted at the …
To The Guardian While working in the consultancy arms of a couple of major accountancy firms, I was continually struck by the fact that one English regional office seemed to have as many accountants as were present in the whole of other European countries with which I had contact. Indeed, Professor Prem Sikka pointed out …
26% of people think that if victims of sexual violence are drunk, they are at least partly responsible for what happens to them. And if the victims have flirted heavily with their attacker before being attacked, that proportion rises to 36%. (Office for National Statistics/Daily Mail). No, no, no! Nothing justifies sexual violence! It’s true that men are …
In the surveillance age, even your TV is listening. An eagle-eyed Samsung customer noticed recently that the firm’s privacy policy warns that customers controlling their smart TVs using a voice-activation feature should be careful what they say, as the device “listens” to conversations in the room, and may pass details on to third parties. This …
An extract from a TV interview in Florida featuring Rep. Alan Grayson, a Congressman from Florida, who is talking about regularizing undocumented immigrants in his State: “We have a lot of people here locally who are undocumented and not paying taxes; now they’ll have to pay taxes. We have a lot of people here locally …
