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Fifty percent of Bovine TB due to badgers? A spurious statistic and how it...
A much-quoted statistic about the Bovine TB (bTB) transmission is that ‘it has been estimated that 50% of bTB incidents could be attributed to infected badgers’. This 50% figure has appeared in the...
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16% less bTB from badger cull? Make that 3% from DEFRA stats.
One of the most frequent statistics quoted by DEFRA in its defence of badger culling is that ‘science’ has estimated that it would reduce the incidence of Bovine TB by around 16%. This figure appeared...
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Remembrance: Who are we remembering?
Remembrance: Who exactly are we remembering? Questioning the almost uniquely British Remembrance Sunday is tantamount to breaking a religious taboo in this country. But inspired by Jeremy Paxman’s...
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Badgers & TB: the statistics reloaded
Badgers & TB: the statistics reloaded Much excitement last week at the predicted recalculation of the statistics previously published by Prof Christl Donnelly which purported to show that badgers...
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A Refugee Camp through the eyes of a twenty-something
Reblogged from Dubbeldee Productions: "Everything in Duheishah is beautiful," my landlord's son, Abdullah, tells me as we wind our way through the maze of alleyways that make up the densely populated...
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Trust raises concern over badger cull pilots
Reblogged from National Trust Press Office: We recognise that dealing with bovine TB is a complex problem, with strongly held views on all sides. The Trust is uniquely placed in this issue with a...
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The depressing state of a wasting environment in oPt
Reblogged from Dubbeldee Productions: Solid waste. Who doesn't like to hear those two words. A famous linguist once said that of all the phrases in the English language Solid Waste is the most...
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Basic Income Scheme: How to Pay for it
Why it won’t ‘cost the country’ £280 bn. The Telegraph started it. The BBC Sunday Politics repeated it. So did the Spectator, and numerous Tory-leaning publications. But where did they get this...
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