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- Slender gains
I’m fascinated by the idea of a society in revolution and revolt, mainly because I can barely imagine it. No matter how disgruntled or angry many people seem to get in the UK, very little changes suddenly, no matter the big marches or the occasional riot. Things trundle on, people still disgruntled or angry.
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- They hate competition
This article about the privatisation of the UK’s electricity by James Meek in the London Review of Books from 13 September 2012 (I’m still catching up) is well worth a read.
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- Links for Monday 15 October 2012
- James Meek · How We Happened to Sell Off Our Electricity · LRB 13 September 2012
- Plenty of people linked to this at the time, but I forgot. Now I am. A good read on who now owns the UK's power.
- The Gay Path Through the Courts by David Cole | The New York Review of Books
- Subscribers only unfortunately. But I liked this for its descriptions of how the Supreme Court rules on things, and how cases that are ostensibly about a particular crime are used to force a decision on constitutional issues. Also about how the Court tries (ideally) to follow, rather than lead, society.