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Religious group demands airtime on BBC
So the news is that Voice for Justice UK, a religious group, has presented a 12,000 signature petition to the BBC demanding that the BBC should not take up proposals to reduce Christian programs and...
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What happens to UK Science after the #BREXIT shock?
“WE can go it alone, we don’t need them” has been a LEAVE stance, and yet if the UK is indeed to thrive outside the EU then there will need to be a considerable scientific investment to make up for the...
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Professor A C Grayling’s letter to all 650 MPs – #BREXIT
The well-known philosopher and founder of the New Humanities college, A C Grayling has written a letter to all 650 MPs regarding the #BREXIT vote. The letter has been posted on the New College of...
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Plans for Human Rights Act to be scrapped in UK
Currently the UK is legally bound via the 1998 Human Rights Act to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). That however is about to change. What we currently have in place has three main...
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Weird Weather Forecasts via the Daily Express
Almost every Spring and Autumn for the past couple of years the UK’s Daily Express has run stories such as the above claiming that the season ahead is about to hit extremes. Instead of seeking guidance...
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Why did people actually vote for #BREXIT in the UK?
Brexit series for FT. To anybody outside the UK, the observation that a majority of those voting went against what is in their best interests and voted for the UK to leave the European Union is quite...
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Children ‘at risk’ in Christian fundamentalist schools in the UK
Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking The subject line “Children ‘at risk’ in Christian fundamentalist schools in the UK” might appear to be an anti-religious...
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Top 3 Weekly Weird Religious News Items
Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking How do those that trulybelieve handle items of religious weirdness? I recall once attending a bible meeting as a teen (hey,...
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UK water companies using Water Dousing to find pipes
Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking Sally Le Page giving a talk at QED in Manchester in Oct 2016 Sally Le Page, whom I have met because she gave a great talk...
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UK carbon emissions has fallen to levels last seen in 1890
Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking Carbon Brief, a UK based website that covers the latest developments in climate science, climate policy and energy policy,...
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Silence of the BBC: Reply and Rebuttal
Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking A couple of days ago I was posting about the ongoing silence of the BBC when it comes to covering these topics as News …...
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UK Met Office: The Climate in the UK is changing
Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking The UK’s Met office has published a full scientific report on the state of the climate in the UK. The Press Release is...
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Majority of UK population have no religious belief
Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking The UK’s National Center for Social Research have just issued a press release with the latest numbers on 7th September....
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Met Office: Extreme weather reveals changing climate
Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking I was listening to a BBC presenter quip the other day that the UK’s weather is always like this at this time of year, and...
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The Promotion of BS by UK Charities
Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking The basic concept of a charitable organisation is of course well understood. On a legal level, an officially established...
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The UK plan for Net zero carbon by 2050
Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking You will have perhaps seen the various media stories regarding the UK plan to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. I...
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UK not prepared for Climate Change
Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking The UK Government’s official climate advisers have just today (10th July) published their official progress report on UK...
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“State of the UK Climate” published
Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking At about this time each year the UK’s Met Office publishes their “State of the UK Climate” report. This consists of an...
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Fake News: The UK Election is unsafe #GE19
Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking Thursday 12th Dec is Election day in the UK. Is it a nice clean election with no evidence of any manipulation at all? Er …...
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UK Election: Lies, Dammed Lies, and Political Promises
Skeptical Science Skeptical Science - Promoting Science and Critical Thinking It is make your mind up time. Today is election day in the UK. Here are a few pointers to the analysis conducted by Full...
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