Embed from Getty ImagesNew light on an old political scandal? The People reports that interviews recorded by the journalist Leo Damore as part of his investigation of Edward Kennedy's car crash at Chappaquiddick have been found: Leo was the author of 1988 blockbuster book Senatorial Privilege, an exhaustive investigation into the events of July 18, 1969, when Ted Kennedy's car plunged into the waters off of Martha's Vineyard and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, was left to die. The senator waited 10 hours to alert the authorities, a delay that - even 56 years later - remains at the centre ...
"We don't have a political system, more like the US, where people are more empowered to act for their area, to act independently. I think the British political system and MPs individually would rise in the public's esteem if they were able to act with more independence on an everyday basis and say what they really feel. Maybe we'd have a more vibrant political debate if people went into interviews and said what they were feeling, as opposed to what they've been told to say."Andy Burnham talks to Hardeep Matharu from Byline Times. Stewart Lee once described Twitter as "a ...
I think it is useful to try to identify: a) The most heavily energy using neurons b) The balance in those cells between OxPhos (which produces Reactive Oxygen Species - ROS) and Glycolysis I will be using various LLMs to search for information relating to this and will be spending time checking the responses for hallucinations, but I may not at the time of you reading this page finished
The UK-US trade deal is being celebrated in Westminster as the first tangible post-Brexit win for a beleaguered trading nation. The UK-US trade deal explicitly includes agricultural and food products, lowering tariffs and increasing access for American exports such as beef, pork, poultry, dairy, and grains, meaning a greater volume of US food will enter the UK market. However, at the very same time, food safety in the United States, overseen predominantly by the Food and Drug Administration and The U.S. Department of Agriculture, is being dismantled. The UK, lacking the capacity to screen what enters our ports, is not ...
Eddie Harris (1934-96) was a saxophonist, singer and inventor of musical instruments. He pioneered that very Seventies idea, the electronically amplified saxophone. I've Tried Everything is a track from E.H. in the U.K., an album he recorded in London. It's pleasant enough, but the real interest lies in the people who are playing with him. On guitar, Jeff Beck and Albert Lee. On bass guitar, Rick Grech. Looking very relaxed on electric piano, Steve Winwood. Ian Paice on drums. Loughty Amao from Osibisa on congas. Nice.
The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society. So states the preamble to our Federal Constitution. In a political climate increasingly defined by identity, insecurity, and polarisation, I think it would be helpful for us to explicitly consider what we mean when we talk about an Open Society. Here I want to make the case that the open society can be viewed through the prism of another of the Liberal Democrats' core commitments - our internationalism. Karl Popper first coined the term Open Society to describe a system that resists authoritarianism and defends individual ...
Trump Trump has either lied, is lying or is incompetent. That is the view of an increasing number of prominent MAGA supporters. The reason? The Jeffrey Epstein files. The so far secret activities of the late convicted paedophile is one of the key conspiracy theories that put Trump in the White House. One of Trump's election promises was to publish the Epstein files and prove that key Democrats were implicated in Epstein's under-age sexual orgies. Now he says there are no files, they are a Democrat fabrication and MAGA supporters should shut up about them. To be precise he posted ...
The Guardian reports that at least 90 people have been arrested across the UK at events related to Palestine Action, in the third week of demonstrations since the group was banned as a terrorist organisation. The paper says that demonstrations have been held in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol and Truro on Saturday as part of a campaign coordinated by Defend Our Juries: In London's Parliament Square, beside Mahatma Gandhi statue, police officers surrounded people at an event at which signs were held that read "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action". Officers confiscated the placards and searched the bags of ...
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