Tag Archives: Covid-19

Op-ed, Blog

Europe’s Climate Action Opportunity

Posted on by Lionel Stanbrook
08
Oct

Notwithstanding the Covid-19 pandemic and its tragic impacts, the key challenge for the next few years for climate change and the environment is to align international policies in a common process of concertation to enable countries to recover from recession while building a sustainable and functioning economy and a zero-carbon and climate neutral environment. The […]

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Op-ed

IN THE YEAR 2030: What happened in the decade following Brexit and the UK-EU trade deal?

Posted on by Lionel Stanbrook
03
Jan

1.  England is governed by executive order and decree by the PM or the Privy Council. The Conservative Party became the National Unity Party and has won two more General Elections. Parliamentary powers are limited to LGBTQ issues, animal welfare and English human rights. Parliamentary votes are advisory. National referenda are used for all major […]

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Ahem, 2020

CURFEW BOLLARDS HOAR: October 2020

Posted on by Lionel Stanbrook
La Hune
01
Nov

Ahem They’re out to get me. Wherever I go these days outside the UK I am not only followed but somehow expected (and not in a good way). I arrive to find that everything is about to close because it’s suddenly a Covid-19 hot spot. My arrival simply confirms the new restrictions like an inspired […]

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Op-ed, Portfolio, Blog

Facebook is becoming Hatebook. Should we care?

Posted on by Lionel Stanbrook
12
Aug

Those of us who regularly use Facebook should be clear and precise about why we do, because powerful and compelling reasons are emerging to argue why we should not. For many Facebook users the advantages are obvious: we like to keep in touch with our friends and family, often with real time conversations or texts […]

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