Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

#politics #law #drugs #phones #surveillance #eu #uk #democracy

Police call for ban on anonymous pay-as-you-go phones

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/10/police-call-for-ban-on-anonymous-pay-as-you-go-phones

We're in 'dangerous dogs' territory here!

The current fascist Tory government, apparently much beloved by Hungary's Victor Orban - New Labour provided a grotesque lead-in - will do anything in its power to erode civil liberties and tirelessly advance the surveillance state. Recently It tried pornography and failed spectacularly. Now (surprise, surprise) it's back to the easy meat - DRUGS!

A police statement independent of the Home Office is possible, but is relatively rare in my experience.

The 'County Lines' issue is both real and serious, affecting the lives of many young people. The Police are on the frontline. But there's a different way forward, namely the decriminalisation and appropriate regulation of drugs with the lead being provided by evidence-based medical research.

#poltics #global #iran #iraq #egypt #syria #lebanon #turkey #usa #eu #uk #war #peace

Toot Redux

Maybe not the 'Banks of the Nile' but maybe...

The Greatest Anti-War Song Ever

And to quote "mac man":

"The raw emotion captured in this heartbreaking paean always reduces me to tears, like being hard wired into someone's distant tragedy. It seems inappropriate not to cry, not that i have much choice such is the spellbinding delivery. Seldom has an artist had such magical powers, and the ability to discharge them within a song."

https://www.phidoc.net/misc/banks_of_the_nile.mp4

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#politics #eu #uk #hungary #democracy

Viktor Orban may have won over right-wing British politicians – but we’re not Hungary 2.0 just yet

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/boris-johnson-advisor-tim-montgomerie-viktor-orban-hungary-liberalism-a9273671.html

#politics #poverty #homelessness #uk

Pregnant homeless woman forced to sleep on hard floor of empty flat after asking London council for help

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homelessness-london-pregnant-woman-tower-hamlets-council-ombudsman-a9273441.html

#environment #ecology #climate_change #australia #global #politics

This apocalyptic Australian summer is our Sandy Hook moment – if we don't take climate action now we never will

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/07/this-apocalyptic-australian-summer-is-our-sandy-hook-moment-if-we-dont-take-climate-action-now-we-never-will

#politics #war #peace #ethics #un #iran #usa #trump #johnson

Don't turn away! The UK has at present a Prime Minister who is a man-child idiot. A person seriously bereft of meaningful education whether in the domains of history, philosophy, science, technology, law. In short Boris Johnson is the absolute and ultimate joke!

Not only that, the man's also a prize brown-noser and a lapdog of the first order.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/05/boris-johnson-qassem-suleimani-was-threat-to-all-our-interests-lament-death

#politics #war #peace #ethics #un #iran #usa #trump #johnson

Once politicians at least tried to act as adults - LONG TIME GONE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4J4Vu9ogbA