Bill Scott

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  • Not quite a manifesto

    According to LabourLife, the party has published its not quite a manifesto for the election they hope to win in 2024.  It's a prelude, a first draft, long (wish) list, a blueprint.  It's full of statements that fall short of...

  • Elephants, rhinos and donkeys

    I wrote the other day about celebrity and conservation; about dogoodery, the liberal conscience, and the ignorance that sometimes informs it.  It took me back to a chapter that Paul Vare and I wrote in our 2018 book: The World...

  • Some positive DfE news

    Good news from the Free Speech Union this morning.  The FSU confirms ... "In a major victory for free speech on campus, the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill got over the final hurdle in the House of Lords on...

  • Hunting and Conservation No 368

    Whenever hunting gets discussed in parliament, rationality tends to be smothered by emotion.  Such was again to be seen as the House of Commons passed a bill banning the imports of hunting trophies, against expert advice from conservationists. As The...

  • Spectators and ESD

    I've got out of the habit of writing about attempts to impose curriculum change on university teachers through the 'introduction' of ESD.  When I did, [*] I used to try to argue that reform ought to begin by looking at...

  • A cunning plan by the government

    I see that the government is proposing that, by 2024, 22% of new car sales in the UK must be zero emission vehicles (ZEVs).   Given that it does not make or sell cars, this is a bold move.  Bolder...

  • Copper Bottom Lined

    The world worries about the supply of lithium, or rather, the lack of it, as the metal is so vital to technological innovation.  Not to mention all those Rare Earths with funny names: dysprosium, promethium, gadolinium, ytterbium, etc.  But what...