Interesting Links for 09-05-2017

Progressive alliance: Greens, Labour and Liberal Democrats unite to take down Jeremy Hunt

(tags: politics uk GoodNews )

Green Party complain to BBC about disproportionate coverage of UKIP following local elections

(tags: politics uk bias bbc )

Full Scottish council election results published

(tags: scotland elections voting )

The Etiquette of the Victorian Ballroom: Twenty Tips for Single Gentlemen

(tags: advice uk ettiquette history )

"I Got Drunk With The Funeral Industry To Find Out What Happens When We Die"

(tags: death viaSwampers society )

A nice simple explanation of why the UK won't be able to escape European Law

(tags: law europe uk )

There is nothing cute about innumeracy

(tags: numbers society )

Yoga helps with depression - after a few months

(tags: depression yoga )

Anyone care to offer a counterpoint to this assessment of the SNP's competence?

(tags: snp scotland government )

Saudi king orders that women no longer need man’s permission to travel or study

Still a terrible place for women to live. But now slightly less terrible.
(tags: saudiarabia women GoodNews religion )

New studies suggest everything we thought we knew about salt could be completely wrong

(tags: food biology salt )

Is it me, or is the Conservative's approach to the energy cap actually pretty reasonable?

Deferring to Ofgem (the energy regulator) actually seems like the right approach to me. Am I missing something?
(tags: energy regulation Conservatives )

Do I know anyone using "Stellar" as a payment system?

I'm curious to know if I do - and if so, what advantages it has over any of the various other cryptocurrencies...