Tag Archives: Political comment

Gallery

What’s happened to BBC News?

This gallery contains 3 photos.

Away from the UK earlier this month I was dependant for UK news in English upon social media, print and friends. So, on one hand I was getting only the UK news I wanted to hear – my Twitter feed … Continue reading

Gallery

All Change in Spain…

This gallery contains 4 photos.

Just over a fortnight on from the Motion of Censure in the Cortes which made Pedro Sanchez Spain’s new Prime Minister and the PSOE leader has announced his cabinet. I’ve not seen any British reporting of this – I’ve been … Continue reading

Gallery

What happened after that?

A remarkable comeback is what happened – for Pedro Sanchez, leader of Spain’s socialist party PSOE and shortly to become the latest Prime Minister of Spain. Regular followers of this blog may recall articles documenting the various Spanish national elections … Continue reading

Gallery

Big Data

This gallery contains 3 photos.

Chris Wiley, the Cambridge Analytic whistleblower testifies to the US Senate Judiciary Committee and Jeff Silvester, COO of AIQ (Aggregate IQ) testifies to the DCMS Parliamentary Committee on the same day, answering ( or avoiding answering ) questions about the … Continue reading

Gallery

Snow Beast

This gallery contains 7 photos.

You will have seen more dramatic photographs of snowbound Britain than in this article, (and clearer ones too, all I can say is that it was snowing when I took them, sunshine notwithstanding). It was in Soho Square that I … Continue reading