BylinesEast

BylinesEast, 4 days ago to random

Wealth tax: a promising idea or a flawed concept? Find out Prof Richard Murphy's alternative proposals that he believes stand a much better chance of working.

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/we-dont-want-a-wealth-tax/

BylinesEast, 10 days ago to random

Shocking allegations: fraud team faces accusations of impersonating police officers. JJ Jackson’s investigation reveals improper use of police insignia, raising serious questions about accountability and transparency.

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/council-fraud-team-accused-of-impersonating-police-officers/?

BylinesEast, 17 days ago to random

The #Greens are hoping for a win in the Bunwell by-election, strengthening their chances of winning the Waveney Valley constituency in the General Election.

See our blog for details:

#LocalElections2024 #LocalElections https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics-blog/

BylinesEast, 29 days ago to random

Richard Murphy argues that student loans are really a deeply unfair tax, and should be abolished.

-- Stephen McNair unpacks Prof Richard Murphy's Taxing Wealth Report further in his _Sunday Long Read

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/time-to-kill-the-myth-of-student-loans/?

BylinesEast, 2 months ago to random

Wd Ms Reeves be in the Treasury so much if the election were still seven months away? Where does Lib/LD strife leave the voters? Where could a Tory incumbent be beaten if the progressive parties acted together?

-- Pecksniff's Diary does the asking

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniffs-diary-16-03-24/

BylinesEast, 2 months ago to random

Vladimir Putin is an unpredictable dictator, and unfortunately the West still does not understand his real goals. It’s not about the conquest of Ukraine, Poland or the US.

-- Tomasz Oryński offers his opinion

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/russias-neighbours-prepare-for-war-should-we-worry/

BylinesEast, 2 months ago to random

Don't believe the simple Brexit narratives. Polls reveal a complex picture.

-- Stephen McNair's Sunday Long Read

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/brexit-beware-of-simple-answers/

BylinesEast, 3 months ago to random

England’s new environmental policy, biodiversity net gain, went live 12 Feb. But what does this actually mean? Is it delivering for wildlife? How will it be enforced?

-- Natalie Duffus & Sophus zu Ermgassen report. From The Conversation -- thanks!

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/developers-must-create-wildlife-habitats/

BylinesEast, 3 months ago to random

Authoritarianism vs. democracy: Ukraine's resistance is a lesson for us all. Don't let freedom become "fatigued." Support Ukraine

-- Paul Browne reports on a lecture by Nobel Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/the-normalisation-of-evil-lessons-from-ukraine/

BylinesEast, 4 months ago to random

Why would a Conservative organisation seek to bring down its own government? Will Nigel Farage take Clacton for Reform? What's the sign Tory MPs are noticing polls?

-- Pecksniff's Diary: all polls this week, dear reader

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniffs-diary-20-01-24/?

BylinesEast, 5 months ago to random

Thames Water's looming financial crisis raises questions about public utilities. What are the complexities of insolvency for a company providing a vital service like water supply?

-- Prof Richard Murphy looks at the problem

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/can-a-water-company-be-bankrupt/

BylinesEast, 5 months ago to random

The Wilderness Experiment in Cambridgeshire: humans allow Nature time and space to create a more biodiverse habitat for free. I found the description of the process fascinating and inspirational.

-- Jenny Rhodes on how Richard Broughton's article has earned its place in the Team Favourites

BylinesEast, 5 months ago to random

Imagine a device that floats on polluted water, mimics photosynthesis, and produces both clean water and hydrogen fuel using sunlight. That's exactly what researchers at Cambridge University's Reisner Laboratory have developed.

-- Sarah Collins on🍃💦 innovation and clean technology

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/new-device-produces-clean-water-and-hydrogen/

BylinesEast, 6 months ago to random

Can scouring the Shires bring back moderate right of centre politics, & politicians to represent those viewpoints? Will this be enough to restore any form of trust in the Conservative Party?

-- Ben Smith on the east of England's departing Tories

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/tory-mps-rats-from-the-sinking-ship/

BylinesEast, 6 months ago to random

The Home Secretary's job is to keep the people safe, and reduce tensions, not provoke anger among her supporters and opponents & embolden counter demonstrations.

-- Stephen McNair on Suella Braverman and Armistice Weekend

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/who-is-disrespecting-our-values/

BylinesEast, 6 months ago to random

Brown ankles and wading through floods. A verbal ding-dong in a coffee shop and a glum policeman in the same boat. A castle rising for speed limits.

-- Pecksniff's Diary on life in our part of Tory Britain

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniffs-diary-11-11-23/

BylinesEast, 6 months ago to random

Peterborough MP Paul Bristow is sacked from his government role for advocating a Gaza ceasefire | Anna Damski

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/paul-bristow-sacked-for-demanding-israel-gaza-ceasefire/

BylinesEast, 6 months ago to random

What should be done to tackle climate change? Will people vote for the climate? Will the environment affect voting?

-- Stephen McNair analyses two recent opinion polls.

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/do-people-really-care-about-the-climate/

BylinesEast, 8 months ago to random

Local historians write about the past. In Suffolk, some 250 of us record the present. Everything can be of interest: the past was tough, the present is all change.

-- Diana Bickerton on town recording, village recording and local history

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/preserving-the-now-as-history-for-the-future

BylinesEast, 8 months ago to random

Where could the government find £170 billion in a hurry? Why not ask a Professor of Accounting?

-- Prof Richard Murphy's Sunday Long Read on how to tax the rich

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/theres-plenty-of-money-its-just-that-the-very-rich-have-got-it-all/

BylinesEast, 8 months ago to random

Last autumn, Anglian Water aired an advertising campaign claiming their commitment to preserving clean waterways through the creation of #WildlifeFriendly #wetlands. But...

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/anglian-water-guilty-of-greenwashing/

BylinesEast, 9 months ago to random

How has Brexit affected Europeans? What do they feel they have lost? How does it look from Japan?

-- Kate Moore with friends from outside the UK. Revised from May

Our Place in Europe

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/brexit-hasnt-affected-us-much/

BylinesEast, 9 months ago to random

A team at Addenbrooke's Hospital and Cambridge University placed an air filtration machine in COVID-19 wards. They found that it removed almost all traces of airborne SARS-CoV-2.

-- Dr Andrew Conway Morris reports. From Cambridge University -- thanks

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/air-filters-significantly-reduce-presence-of-airborne-covid-19/

BylinesEast, 10 months ago to random

Tomatoes up 20% -- energy costs & the need to find pickers. OK. Tomatoes up 30% in the supermarket -- suppliers know you expect the price increase. They push it up a bit more for that extra profit margin.

-- Martin Waller on greedflation.

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/are-we-suffering-from-greedflation/

BylinesEast, 11 months ago to random

Thetford has a troubled past, of antipathy to immigrants, xenophobia, and more recently, protests against its town council caused by conspiracy theories

-- Jess Knopp and Katie Parker look at tragedy responses against this background

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/is-this-the-angriest-town-in-britain/