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A problem is our oceans are filling up with about 8 million tons of plastic waste each year leading to a prediction of more plastic than sea water in the oceans by around 2050 – 30 years hence – which waste is getting into the seafood chain. So I propose to get items like plasticContinue reading “Plastic waste recycling”

Essay: During the coronavirus pandemic, technology has made everyday life – or, at least, a version of it – possible. The ‘Great Move Online’ has kept countless businesses open, offered essential services and allowed us to maintain ties with loved ones, despite months of separation. But while so much is now possible, technology has alsoContinue reading “Over the past year, coronavirus accommodations have led courts and law firms to make a number of temporary changes to the way legal cases are developed and heard. If made permanent, some of these changes could provide economic and legal opportunity across the UK. Similarly, moving some legal proceedings entirely online – once thought unimaginable – is an idea that looks substantially more reasonable in light of the last year. By creating a system for hearing small civil claims online, the Government could ease the pressure on legal aid resources while increasing equity in representation.”

The coronavirus pandemic has hit our economy hard, shrinking gross domestic product (GDP) by 9.9% in 2020, something of which we have not seen since the period of the Great Frost in 1709. Therefore, it is crucial we get this right and see a swift economic recovery in order to reduce the deficit without affectingContinue reading “Rebuilding the economy post COVID”

There is an opportunity to enable and facilitate a reservoir of online learning content for schoolchildren that will, over time, cover the needs of all age groups across the full spectrum of subjects. Competition between contributors will drive up the quality of materials to build a world class resource that will improve the efficacy andContinue reading “Building a world class learning resource for British schoolchildren”

Abstract The Covid pandemic of 2020/21 has laid bare, the deficiencies in the education system. Our current system is heavily dependent upon the physical interface between teachers and pupils and is, therefore, very labour intensive as well as being expensive. The deficiencies in the system, when pupils were required to stay at home, were broughtContinue reading “Lurning Stix”

Rough sleepers usually have a myriad of problems. Sleeping outdoors is the result of other problems, not the problem itself. The real problems stem from child abuse, poor mental health, addiction, and so on. And many who are not addicted to drink or drugs become so having been on the streets. It is hard toContinue reading “Housing First as the answer to roughsleeping”

As a long-term solution, we propose a partnership between Freegle, MyGreenPod, ComputerAid and Citrix, to operate in the following way: • Freegle as collection points for donated hardware, and to promote the message to its ~2.8m members • MyGreenPod (sustainability supplement of The Guardian) to promote and market the message • ComputerAid to deal withContinue reading “There are lots of devices in the UK which are not currently in use, which could be redistributed to students in need of a suitable device for remote learning.”

It is clear that the current system of cleaning the nation’s trunk roads does not work leading to the UK’s roads being amongst the dirtiest in Europe. Cleaning of the trunk roads should be a normal part of overall maintenance and for this to happen effectively the duty should be transferred from local authorities toContinue reading “Roadside litter – time to govern.”

The minorities in the UK, the BAME community, are not getting the UK government’s messages. From personal experience living amongst these communities, the majority are still, to an extent going about their daily business as normal. Even during lockdown. The reason for this, is because your messages are not getting to them. The TV channelsContinue reading “Mis-information”

We live in a fast-changing and innovative world where commentators report that two-thirds of the companies that will make up the S&P stock market index in a decade’s time have yet to be created. We live in a time where Uber has changed the transport industry, Amazon has turned first the book and then theContinue reading “Leadership is Everything”