Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Hat-tip to Dr Petra Boynton: For the first time ever, a commercial for unplanned pregnancy and abortion advisory services will be aired on British television. The commercial, to be screened first on Channel 4 at 10.10pm on 24th May 2010, is part of a new campaign by Marie Stopes International, the UKs leading provider of [...]
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From ElyPlace Chambers – British Chiropractic Association v Singh – BCA admits defeat. The BCA today served a Notice of Discontinuance bringing to an end its ill-fated libel claim against Dr Simon Singh arising out of criticisms he made of its promotion of treatments for childhood ailments. Dr Singh’s predicament as the sole defendant in [...]
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Dara O Briain, Marcus Brigstocke, Nick Cohen, Shappi Khorsandi and Tim Minchin backstage at the Big Libel Gig explain why Britain has become a haven for those who wish to silence debate and why we must reform English libel law. Join them and 50,000 others by showing your support and signing up at: www.libelreform.org/sign
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Science writer Simon Singh wins libel appeal – BBC NEWS Science writer Simon Singh has won an appeal for the right to rely on the defence of “fair comment” in a libel action being brought against him. Mr Singh took the case to the Appeal Court following the action by the British Chiropractic Association…. The [...]
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As you know it’s all happening on Twitter, all of the time. Minister for Parliment in the UK Tom Watson apparently tweeted the following (pictured). Naturally he’s then faced with a flurry of questions in regards to what exactly that statement means (‘proposals won’t work’? Is ‘in favour of reform’? Explain!). In addition, Watson has [...]
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Head on over to Token Skeptic and subscribe on iTunes! Token Skeptic Episode Eleven is now out! Why is Professor Hood featuring on this episode of the Token Skeptic? Because if you follow his blog at www.brucemhood.wordpress.com, you’ll see how he is very much involved with some rather ‘unbelievable’ developments in the UK. Firstly, his [...]
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Okay, this is not the kind of thing I usually write about. I’d like to apologise to those who find this a little squeamish, off-topic, weird, so-old-news (or, like myself, find this just kind of daft). But I have an opinion, and that’s what this blog sometimes foregrounds. I don’t care whether you shave your [...]
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