Interesting Links for 06-10-2021

[andrewducker]

'No alternative' to rising inflation, Boris Johnson says

(tags:inflation economics uk BorisJohnson Conservatives )

Yes, it's a big deal when Facebook goes down. This is why

(tags:Facebook socialmedia society )

UK Supreme Court upholds challenge to two Scottish bills (I am completely unsurprised)

(tags:Scotland UK law )

Covid pass to be introduced in Wales after Tory MS misses vote due to Zoom error (This feels wrong to me, not sure what the answer would be)

(tags:politics Technology failure wales )

You are allowed to leave

(tags:advice )

Sunlight affects whether languages have a word for 'blue'

(tags:light colour biology )

Henrietta Lacks heirs sue biotech firm for stealing her cells

(tags:racism research medicine intellectual_property rights women viaSwampers )

Comments

Re: Inflation

[danieldwilliam]

This is true.

At one level it is not the government's job to make sure that specific goods are in specific shops at specific times at a specific price.

At a higher level it is the government's job to create the container where it is easy for people to buy and sell the things they want to (allowing for other societal considerations) by e.g. not ruining our membership of the Single Market.