Electric Car Boss Quits After Sales Plunge 40%
August 28, 2024 7:30 pm 37 CommentsThe Chief Executive and founder of European Tesla-rival Polestar has quit after seven years at the helm after sales plunged 40% in a year.
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Lego Says it Will Pay 60% More to Remove Fossil Fuels From Bricks
August 28, 2024 5:31 pm 16 CommentsLego has said it will take the hit and pay up to 60% over the odds to buy lower-petroleum plastic in a race to remove fossil fuels from its bricks. It won't affect prices, they say. But for how long?
The Mind-Bending World of Bayesian Probability
August 28, 2024 9:00 am 51 CommentsIs probability all in the mind, as the Bayesians say, or does it tell us about the real world as well? Will Jones delves into the mind-bending twists and turns of how our brains make sense of the uncertainties we face.
News Round-Up
August 28, 2024 1:00 am 31 CommentsA summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
Another ‘Equal Pay’ Legal Win That Undermines British Business
August 27, 2024 7:30 pm 27 CommentsIn a dark day for British business, an 'equal pay' claim brought by 3,500 shop assistants at Next has succeeded after an employment tribunal decided their work was "of equal value" to that of (male) warehouse workers.
Oxford is Having a Cruel Laugh at the Expense of Jewish Students
August 27, 2024 6:04 pm 16 CommentsOxford was keen to acknowledge racial tensions in the recent riots, but this felt like a cruel joke to Jewish students, coming from a university that has never recognised the open targeting of Jews since October 7th.
NHS Referrals for Anxiety in Children More than Double Pre-Covid Levels
August 27, 2024 3:22 pm 17 CommentsMore than 500 children a day in England are being referred to NHS mental health services for anxiety, more than double the rate before the pandemic began, as experts blame the disruption of lockdowns.
Mark Zuckerberg: Covid Censorship Was Wrong and I Wish I’d Fought the Pressure from the Biden Administration
August 27, 2024 11:05 am 39 CommentsMark Zuckerberg has said Facebook and Instagram were wrong to censor posts about Covid during the pandemic and that the company should have fought pressure from the Biden administration.
Give Congregation Blankets Instead of Heating Churches to Hit Net Zero by 2030, Vicars Told
August 26, 2024 7:25 pm 32 CommentsVicars have been told to give parishioners blankets to keep them warm instead of heating the churches as the Church of England continues towards its 2030 Net Zero goal.
The Terrifying Scale of Ed Miliband’s ‘Green’ Industrialisation is Coming as a Shock
August 26, 2024 5:19 pm 35 CommentsEd Miliband's expansion of offshore wind alone amounts to nine million tonnes of industrial equipment added to the sea. The sheer immensity of 'green' industrialisation is coming as a shock to many, says John Constable.