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When parliamentarians paid more attention to their expenses than holding the government to account. When the media failed to distance itself from politicians. When politicians struck deals with the corporate sector. When the regulator watch-dogs failed to bark. When the … Continue reading →

Scientists are to the Creator what mechanics are to the inventor. An inventor creates a practical, material process such as an internal combustion engine, an aircraft, a computer and the mechanic learns how to operate or maintain these without having … Continue reading →

The first acknowledged division of power between State and Church in Europe was probably in the 4th century AD when Imperial Rome recognised the Christian Church as representative of its state religion. Over the centuries this symbiotic relationship has survived … Continue reading →

In the days when Britannia ruled the waves and Britain was the workshop of the world, the engineer was the unacknowledged backbone of all that mighty edifice, sustaining it for the administrators and the traders. From Sao Paulo in Brazil … Continue reading →

This refers to the reform of the university funding system where we see politicians who, in the main, have benefitted from free university education now debating a newly devised plan to allow universities to introduce some form of charging students … Continue reading →