Business The UK government gave away cheap money for property purchase deposits, which the wealthy abused, driving up property prices and leaving UK taxpayers exposed Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole David Cameron's swan song (ringtone edition) Cory Doctorow

pigs UK Prime Minister Gettin' Piggy Wit It Rob Beschizza

music Watch David Crosby's hair-raising impression of a John Coltrane solo David Pescovitz

politics Former Prime Minister admits Queen interfered in politics at his behest Rob Beschizza

Science The new £50 notes will feature Alan Turing (whilst HMG proposes bans on Turing complete computers AND working crypto) Cory Doctorow

uk UK government quietly cancels "age verification" system that would have compiled a database of every Briton's sexual fantasies Cory Doctorow

uk On Grenfell's second anniversary, 60,000 Britons are still living in firetraps clad in the same deadly, decorative materials Cory Doctorow

law Germany demands an end to working cryptography Cory Doctorow

politics British Prime Minister announces resignation Rob Beschizza

surveillance Effective July 15, British porn consumers will be required entrust their sexual tastes to private companies' badly secured databases Cory Doctorow

uk The Chinafication of the internet continues as the UK proposes blocking any service that hosts "illegal" or "harmful" material Cory Doctorow

Business Britain is a money-launderer's paradise, Part LXII Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Here's the report that showed the FCC lied about being hacked and then lied about lying Cory Doctorow

surveillance Sky blue, water wet, porn filters don't work Cory Doctorow

corruption Former Tory chancellor takes over newspaper, sells "money-can't buy" coverage to Uber, Google and others Cory Doctorow

tories 8 years of austerity have turned the UK into a bleak Victorian dystopia, where pensioners without electricity die from fires ignited by their candles Cory Doctorow

web theory Britain's Great Firewall blocks access to official Disney sites, internet safety guides, VPNs, and coding sites for kids Cory Doctorow

Funny Close out a thoroughly unfunny 2017 with a hilarious compendium of the year's best standup on Bullseye Cory Doctorow