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What to do when told to pay VAT due on a completed purchase

The message told me that my government requires VAT to be paid, even though I bought this 2 years ago. Should you pay up?

September 12, 2017 General, Life, Macs, Technology

UK White Paper on Brexit: shallow and glib at best

Do the authors not have clue what they are writing about, or are they peddling alternative truths? One boxout disassembled.

February 3, 2017 General, Life, Technology

Desperate measures: the new campaign to demetricate

It makes as much sense as reverting to Norman French as the official language in UK courts and administration.

September 26, 2016 General, Life, Technology

Brexit and data protection in the UK

The EU is changing to new data protection regulations in 2018. How might Brexit complicate that? Roadmaps provided.

August 5, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

A cunning plan to solve the Brexit problem

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So England and Wales want (possibly) to leave the EU, but the rest of the UK does not. How can we solve that impossipuzzle?

July 15, 2016 General, Life

Cry freedom, and fear of the dark

When it comes down to it, we are deeply scared of the unknown and alien. Let’s turn that fear around using reason, knowledge, wisdom, and ideals.

July 13, 2016 General, Language, Life, Painting, Technology

Making sense of the referendum

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We have looked in the shop window, and want to find out more about leaving the EU. We now need to explore how that might work, before making an Article 50 decision.

June 27, 2016 General, Life

A personal apology

We should have taken heed of the Boaty McBoatface incident. Does the UK really want to leave Europe?

June 25, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Truth: the worst casualty of political campaigns

The UK’s referendum has been transformed by its campaigns into a propagandum in which truth has been lost. What is the solution?

June 23, 2016 General, Language, Life, Technology

Risk, reason, and referendum

This year’s US Presidential Election and the UK’s referendum on the EU will determine the world’s future. But the latter is not politics, it is serious.

June 11, 2016 General, Life, Technology

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