History’s Biggest Slavers (Not Who You Think)
The British and the Americans are not even in the top ten for history’s biggest slavers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hjwmZJhGII
Tag: United Kingdom
How keeping the Royal Navy at sea kickstarted the Industrial Revolution
How keeping the Royal Navy at sea kickstarted the Industrial Revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_kRMYwzdqc
More Age Verification Fallout: Artist Blogs Blocked, Porn Data Leaked, Traffic Boosts for Noncompliant Sites
“Some porn websites have complied with the Online Safety Act by requiring U.K. visitors to upload an ID or submit to a facial scan. “But some of the biggest porn sites that disregarded the ‘scan your face’ rule entirely have been rewarded with a flood of traffic,” the Post found. “Some have doubled or even tripled their audiences in August compared with the same time last year.”
When sites do comply with rules like these, they risk putting people’s privacy and cybersecurity at risk. The more times you have to submit a copy of your driver’s license or a picture of your face for identification, the more likely you are to find yourself in a data breach.”
https://reason.com/2025/09/03/more-age-verification-fallout-artist-blogs-blocked-porn-data-leaked-traffic-boosts-for-noncompliant-sites/
The U.K.’s Roundabouts Free Drivers From the Tyranny of Traffic Lights
“The law demands a motorist come to a complete stop at a stop sign, no matter if any cars are coming. Traffic lights can offer an advantage: Some use magnets to detect traffic loads, but others run on timers, switching to red even if there’s no traffic going the other way. In either case, traffic lights can malfunction, turning into a de facto stop sign the same way a broken escalator becomes an expensive staircase. Besides, frequently stopping, starting, and idling wastes time, wastes gas, and puts unnecessary wear and tear on your brakes.
But at a roundabout, motorists keep driving through the intersection so long as it’s safe to do so. This sounds risky, but since everyone slows down a little bit and every car is constantly turning, roundabouts significantly lower the risk of high-speed impacts. “The net result of lower speeds and reduced conflicts at roundabouts is an environment where crashes that cause injury or fatality are substantially reduced,” according to the U.S. Federal Highway Administration.
Further, roundabouts are perhaps the least infantilizing form of traffic control. Red lights are just crossing guards for adults, and stop signs require you to wait your turn even if you’re the only one waiting. Roundabouts are more efficient because they let drivers rely on themselves, not an inert piece of infrastructure.”
https://reason.com/2025/08/14/swindon-united-kingdom/
Trump’s trade deal is killing a British industry
“Vivergo’s plant is now at risk of closure due to the U.K.-U.S. trade deal, which allows 1.4 billion liters of tariff-free American ethanol into the British market. It’s a volume Vivergo’s managing director Ben Hackett says is equivalent to the entire U.K. bioethanol market.
Unless ministers intervene, 160 staff at Vivergo — one of only two major bioethanol producers in the U.K. — will lose their jobs from Aug. 18. Thousands more in farming and haulage will also feel the impact.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-trade-deal-us-uk-wheat-farming-ethanol-market/
Why small-time criminals burned a London warehouse for Russia’s mercenary group Wagner
“By the time the fire was out more than £100,000 worth of goods had been destroyed including communications equipment for Starlink satellites, which have proved vital on the frontline in the war in Ukraine.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjkke22gv9o
The U.K. Trade Deal Screws American Consumers
“In 2023, the most recent year for which full data are available, the average U.S. tariff on British goods was 3.3 percent.
That means this “deal” charges American consumers a 10 percent baseline tax on goods that were previously taxed at 3.3 percent. That’s not a win for free trade or lower prices.”
https://reason.com/2025/05/09/the-u-k-trade-deal-screws-american-consumers/
EU-UK defense deal in sight at May summit
EU-UK defense deal in sight at May summit
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-uk-defense-deal-in-sight-at-may-summit/
Britain’s bold new world … as a Pacific trading nation
“the U.K. became the first new member to join the tongue-twisting Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) since it was formed in 2018.
It’s also the first country that doesn’t at least have a coast fronting the region.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/britains-bold-new-world-as-a-pacific-trading-nation/
2024 Election, Media Misinformation, & Geopolitics w/ Jon Stewart and London Mayor Sadiq Khan
The algorithm is not free speech. It puts people in contact with misinformation and anger-inducing content. Inciting people to violence is not protected free speech. In England, people were attacked and property was destroyed because people were incensed by what turned out to be false information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbcxKiaBNPU