Experts Condemn The UK Online Safety Bill As Harmful To Privacy And Encryption
By Joe Mullin The British Parliament may start debating the Online Safety Bill again as soon as this week. The bill is a deeply flawed…
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After Borrowing £655 Million from Locals, Solar Energy Company “has gone bust”
By B.N. Frank Opposition to, lawsuits filed against (see 1, 2), as well as complaints and warnings about solar and wind power projects continue to…
Consumer Advocates Warn “a growing number of households on smart meters are being cut off by energy companies”
By B.N. Frank Worldwide opposition to “smart” meters (electric, gas, and water) has been ongoing since utilities started deploying them over ten years ago. In…
UK “Misery” To Worsen As Economy Shrinks More Than Expected In September
By Tyler Durden Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Friday said the nation’s economy contracted 0.2% in the July-September period, the first quarterly contraction…
UK Man Sent To Prison For 6 Months For Serving Snacks At Club During Lockdown
By Steve Watson A 72-year-old man has been sentenced to six months in prison for the crime of serving mince pies with wine at his…
UK Food Inflation Hits Record High As Discretionary Income Evaporates Ahead Of Dark Winter
By Tyler Durden Brits have watched double-digit inflation wipe out any wage gains in one of the worst cost-of-living crises in a generation. Many have…
UK Energy Firms Using Smart Meters to Force Customers to Prepay Bills
By Jesse Smith According to a BBC article, in 2022 alone, over 500 UK energy customers have been automatically and forcibly moved onto a prepayment…
British Nuclear Submarine Catches Fire During “Top Secret Mission” In North Atlantic
By Tyler Durden A British nuclear-powered submarine carrying two Trident II ballistic missiles was forced to abort a “top secret mission” in the North Atlantic…
UK To Announce A Stealth Tax Raid On Pensions
By Tyler Durden It’s remarkable to think that it was just 6 weeks ago when the UK revealed its biggest spending spree in decades –…
UK Report: Police Use Of Live Facial Recognition Unlawful And Unethical
In the beginning, facial recognition technology was embraced as a tool to promote safety and security; in the end, it has provided neither and civil…
Consumer Starts Obsessing Over Energy Use after Electric “Smart” Meter Installed; “I couldn’t think of anything else”
By B.N. Frank “Smart” meters (electric, gas, and water) allow utilities to remotely control consumers’ utility use as well as collect consumer usage data 24/7…
“Frankly Terrifying”: Energy Crisis Could Drag 26M Brits Into Fuel Poverty
By City A.M. The axing of the energy price guarantee from April next year could lead to almost 11m UK households falling into fuel poverty,…
Update on October 8 Rally For Julian Assange
By Neenah Payne October 8: Global Campaign To Free Julian Assange shows that Stella Assange, wife of Julian Assange, worked to have 5,000 people surround…
UK National Grid Warns Of 3-Hour Rolling Blackouts This Winter
By Tyler Durden People in England, Scotland and Wales could be in for three hour power cuts this winter if it can’t import enough gas…