The school has apologised. The child’s mother, a Mrs Taylor, is tremendously upset. Not that you could blame her: A mum is ‘fuming’ over her 11-year-old daughter’s school work which asked children to define hardcore pornography – among other ‘inappropriate’ topics. Children in Years 7, 8 and 9 at Archbishop Sentamu Academy in Hull were […]
A very good question by the interviewer here, and a very bad answer from the putative politician. Have a listen to it yourself. She basically says “I denied that I believe in a world with no borders even though I absolutely believe that the world should have no borders”: https://twitter.com/gearoidmurphy_/status/1262753866686193665 The problem with this sort […]
There was a time when Youtube and other big tech companies justified their censorship of various opinions and views on the basis that unqualified people really shouldn’t be challenging scientists. That has now been taken a step further: Scientists shouldn’t be challenging science. Dave Cullen, the Youtuber who interviewed Cahill in the first place, is […]
On the one hand, it’s good news that more people will be getting the flu vaccine, full stop, for the simple reason that the more people who are vaccinated, the harder it will be for flu to spread, meaning we’ll have fewer cases of flu overall, even in people who are not vaccinated. On the […]
Trouble in, well, not paradise, but certainly trouble in whatever lifeless room the negotiations for a new Government are taking place in: A senior Fianna Fáil negotiator involved in the talks to form a government has accused Fine Gael of selfishness and of putting their party before the country. Barry Cowen made the charge after […]
At long last, we have confirmation from the UK police that the French, a nation of inveterate cheek-kissers, are the terrible criminals we always knew them to be: There are a number questions about this, which we’ll get to in a moment, but to be honest the most interesting thing about this tweet is the […]
The ideal situation in any pandemic or catastrophe is that after the fact, the predictive models showing the worst-case scenario should look terrible. That’s actually a great outcome, because it means that either your worst fears were unfounded, or that your response to the crisis was so effective that the worst-case scenario (which could have […]
Two things are presently certain: First, that while we might argue about the precise timing and mechanisms of easing the Coronavirus lockdown and getting back to some semblance of normal life, we will, ultimately, end the lockdown and get back to normal life. It’s just a question of timing. A debate about opening the Schools […]
Honestly, did we all miss the bit where Bill Gates headed off to university and spent a decade studying to become the world’s leading expert on infectious diseases? Because it sure seems that way. As Tim points out this morning, there’s an unfortunate habit in the press of giving more space to non-scientists who support […]
Sometime, next year, your doorbell will ring. You’ll go out, in your pyjamas, hoping that it’s not someone important, and be appalled to find an official looking fellow with a suit and a clipboard, and, of course, one of these new mandatory facemasks. “Oh no”, you’ll think. “I totally forgot to pay the TV license”. […]
Timely and relevant, one might argue, given events in this jurisdiction over the past 24 hours: MADISON – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down Gov. Tony Evers’ order shutting down daily life to limit the spread of coronavirus — marking the first time a statewide order of its kind has been knocked down by […]
If you think you’re going around the twist at home now, be thankful (for maybe the first time in your life) that you don’t live in sunny California, with its lovely weather and scenery and friendly bears wandering around the place: “Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next […]