This is that University of Kent "white privilege" course that the Times and Telegraph have picked up on.... except... from the look of it.... it's not a white privilege course. blogs.kent.ac.uk/staff-student-…
Key words "University of Kent" birthplace of the Revolutionary Communist Party ... forerunner of Spiked... I'm willing to bet a frozen bag of broad beans that one of that lot are behind this story. And the module seems to be over a year old.
'Woke student" outrage comes round every September. It's almost as if Hallmark invented it to fill the gap between Easter Egg outrage and poppy outrage
Have 'reached out' to several people at UKC but by the time they get back to me the outrage bus will have left town and be doing the rounds of Talk and LBC.
So I've seen the module and it's great. Really thought provoking and I would guess - useful for most people. Certainly wish something like this had been in place when I went to UKC. The "module" takes 20 minutes.
So a complete non story for the "wokestudentoutrage" season
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It's great news for British farmers that they'll once again be able to export lamb to the USA. But this has nothing to do with Brexit and is only worth £37 million over 5 years. thegrocer.co.uk/meat/us-to-lif…
It's another case of Johnson desperately trying to look like he's making some kind of deal. Exports of lamb to US were suspended in 1989 in the wake of the BSE (mad cow disease) crisis. Presumably protectionist attitudes have kept it so.
For reference £36 million is roughly akin to the revenue of Eds Easy diner's handful of restaurants in 2015.
Johnson claimed that VAT on energy could be slashed if we left the EU. I've just looked at it seems to be set at exactly the same level as it was in 2016.
Yes. It's not just in the UK. But Boris Johnson promised cheaper bills and a VAT cut as specific post Brexit wins.
Hot take here - quota quickies in the 1920s and 30s were partly responsible for the subsequent genius of Michael Powell, Alfred Hitchcock and others. It gave them space to hone their art and experiment. inews.co.uk/news/john-whit…
Quota quickies were a result of the Cinematograph Films Act (1927). The government was worried that nasty foreign imports would destroy the UK film industry and corrupt youth etc... so a law was passed requiring that a certain percentage quota of films be shown in cinemas.
To meet the requirement studios knocked off low budget, quickly made B movies - a prerfect training ground for the likes of Powell - Hitchcock etc. But the act became an irritation to studios and requirement was eventually dropped in 1938