The big fire was the crowning event of a long history of contempt for poor people by the Tory-run local council of Kensington.

And, behind them, Tory deregulationism and unwillingness to redistribute wealth to the poor.

Sheriff Clarke has decided not to accept a post in the Department of Homeland Suppression.

Here's why he aroused so much opposition.

I speculate that public pressure and investigation had something to do with his decision.

Resistance against the troll is mounting and has thwarted most of what he wants do. This is not complete success, however. Resistance has not thwarted putting Gorsuch on the Supreme Court, nor the deregulatory sabotage of many agencies.

Pulling out from the Paris climate agreement is purely symbolic, but the troll has already canceled the measures that the US was using to carry out its inadequate pledges.

I am not confident we can stop the Republican election-rigging that enabled the troll to "win" the election.

Surveillance by internet businesses is dangerous and the chilling effect applies to most of what people do.

It is misleading, however, to treat commercial surveillance and state surveillance as seriously distinct. Under the PAT RIOT Act, the databases companies accumulate are immediately and totally accessible to the US government. I consider the companies to be data collectors for the corporatist state.

Privatization of UK woodlands is happening by the backdoor. Might this be Tories at work?