Data
The Gist: Face/Off
The UN is worried about the Government's plans to let the cops use facial recognition. They're right to be concerned. This is the Gist.
Simon McGarr
A lawyer with McGarr Solicitors and director of Data Compliance Europe. Senior Policy Advisor for M3AAWG, guest lecturer with ERA in Trier & External Examiner for Irish Law Society on Data Protection.
UK
The Gist: A Lack Of Truss
The Tory party is crumpling in on itself and its new leader like an imploding eclair. This is the Gist.
The Gist: Video Q&A
Something a bit different today. I've made a video with Taryn DeVere, where she puts the questions sent in by subscribers to me. This is the (video) Gist.
UK
The Gist: The Gilded Age
With the Queen's death, Britain has a chance to move on from its Imperial past. This is the Gist.
Ireland
The Gist: The Siege of Troy
Robert Troy’s greatest political legacy will be writing a paragraph that finally managed to crystallise what Fianna Fáil stands for in the mind of voters. This is the Gist.
Ireland
The Gist: Who makes money from inflation?
Inflation squeezes the living, but delivers windfall benefits to certain companies. This is the Gist.
Climate
The Gist: Lords of Misrule
The Government refuses to take a decision the science says it must make to hit Ireland's emissions targets. This is the Gist.
Climate
The Gist: A long, hot Summer
The political climate and the actual climate aligned this week, leaving everyone hot and the farm lobby bothered. This is the Gist.
UK
The Gist: A week of reckoning
The Tories were revolting and Irish planning legislation was bolting. This is the Gist.
Data
The Gist: National Surveillance, the Rush Job
The Government is trying to rush through a bad law on their national surveillance regime. This is the Gist.
US
The Gist: Roe v Wade, assayed
The US Supreme Court continues its efforts to transport America back to the 19th Century. This is the Gist.
UK
The Gist: A Crisis of Confidence
After the Johnson crisis of confidence, vapourware policy announcements, minority-blaming and petty cruelty are all that is left to him. A fitting, if unpleasant, end for the Brexit Tory project.