Stories of the week 18 November
Poverty is politics in the UK as a UN Report this week has left the world astounded and a nation hanging its head in shame. The Report condemns Conservatives for austerity and universal credit as social re-engineering, cruel and malicious. The fifth richest country in the world has levels of poverty not seen in developed countries.
After a recent UN Report talked about the need to reduce emissions by 50% by 2030 or face disaster, a new group, Extinction Rebellion took climate action to the streets. Claiming the social contract has been broken by the Government, it’s everyone’s moral duty to stand up to climate change or face extinction.
A big Brexit week in the news as the truth about the warring factions is revealed and open warfare starts to rip the Conservatives apart. The Press were as divided as the Tories and the country. The only discussion of any hope of reconciliation came from Europe.
As Brexit gets closer to take-off or a crash landing, British Airways were accused of planning to move operations to Spain in the event of No-Deal Brexit.
In a move that will be sure to upset the work-life balance and privacy, a suggestion has been made that employees could be micro-chipped, much like cats or dogs, to improve security at work. Needless to say, this has not been well-received.
More troubling stories this week.
There was more fighting in Gazza as Israel took out Hamas’ TV station and rockets were launched in retaliation with yet more fatalities.
The grim Khashoggi murder continues in the news. The CIA has openly accused the Crown Price of orchestrating the crime.
Another outcome of the Government’s continuing NHS under funding and privatisation this week, as private company, CAPITA, failed in another tragic cancer screening blunder.
Against the backdrop of the Centenary of the First World War and the call for a European Army, Donald Trump mocked France, Macron and Merkel with references to the US saving France from speaking German in World War Two.
The Government is considering giving teenagers digital passports in the fight against access to online pornography.
In more surprising news, although perhaps the surprise is that it took so long to prove, men and women really do think differently to each other. Scientists have compared autism to an extreme version of the male brain.
