In this segment, we’ll be taking a look at some of the best #GolfWRX tagged photos on Instagram. In case you aren’t already, there’s a whole load of action going on at our page, so follow us: @golfwrx Let’s get to it then, here are six of the best #GolfWRX photos from the past 24 hours….
Read moreWith temperatures at record highs, Europe urgently needs a Green New Deal
For the second year in a row, Europe is reeling from a once-in-a-century heatwave. Temperatures in the German city of Bernburg, near Leipzig, hit 39.6 degrees Celsius last week—nearly double their average for June. In the town of Gallargues-le-Montueux, France, temperatures soared to 45.9 degrees, breaking historical records. The last time Europe was this hot,…
Read moreLiberal boogeyman George Soros and right-wing billionaire Charles Koch have teamed up to stop ‘endless war.’
Say the name George Soros to any die-hard Republican and they’ll probably recoil in disgust. The Hungarian-born billionaire has donated billions to progressive causes throughout his life and is the subject of wide-ranging, unfounded conspiracies spread by conservatives. Soros has been falsely accused by the right of everything from paying people to participate in the 2017…
Read moreThe tax haven hidden in plain sight – England's farmland
The words “tax haven” tend to conjure up images of palm-fringed Caribbean beaches and whitewashed buildings covered in the brass plates of shell companies. What might surprise many is that there is a tax haven sitting under everyone’s noses, here in England. It’s all perfectly legal and above board too. That tax haven is farmland….
Read moreAcademics come out on strike against austerity in Estonia
Recent academic strikes in Tartu and Tallinn show that staff in Estonian universities have the determination to fight for a long overdue increase in funding. The strikes at Estonia’s two centres of higher education and research were a direct response to a state budget announcement in which the higher education sector was once again sidelined….
Read moreJoane: Plastic is killing us in the Amazon
How much more plastic waste could the Amazon basin take before collapsing? How much more unconscious aggression? How much more environmental degradation? A plastic bag, a polyethylene bottle, a piece of polyurethane… these are all ordinary, cheap, disposable objects. Their daily use is measured in billions of units throughout the planet. However, after one single…
Read moreTax-funded research by Rees-Mogg’s ERG must be released, tribunal rules
The European Research Group is one of the most powerful forces in British politics – and also one of the most secretive. The cadre of pro-Brexit Tory MPs, led by Jacob Rees-Mogg, refuses to even say who its members are. But now documents produced by the ERG and given to Parliament’s standards watchdog will be…
Read moreBeing a hyphenated Palestinian: an identity game of hide and seek
“You have such a beautiful, unique name – where does it come from?” asks a woman enthusiastically, with a bright and engaging smile. “My name is etymologically Greek, but its usage spread to Arab countries. I am half-Palestinian – my father is Palestinian,” I answer candidly, inviting my companion to continue our exchange. The woman’s…
Read moreTweets of the Week: Tiger’s special delivery, Bryson’s stunned reaction and Poulter trolls Fox
There were big wins for Matthew Wolff and Jon Rahm in an eventful week in the golfing world. But here are some of the things you may have missed, and some of the quirkier moments from the world of golf dished out in the Twittersphere over the past seven days. Steve Elkington Critiques Brandel’s Swing…
Read moreAppeal for a Democratic Europe, July 3, 2019
We, European citizens, having voted for women and men with political agendas, do not accept that our elected representatives should be deprived of the power to choose – or at least to guide the choice – of the President of the European Executive. We know that the governments in council have long ago and behind…
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