The funniest thing about this story was the fit of giggles into which it sent BBC newsman, Evan Davis, click to listen. Its implications for the world of fake news (propaganda, in 1930s speak) are not so funny. The Prez made a mistake and said Alabama would be hit by the hurricane. Rather than admit he was wrong, he changed the map; and those working for the US Met Office were told to keep quiet if they valued their jobs. Scary. Bet, though, that he’s still re-elected.
“Sunak and Hunt accused of ‘damaging UK plc’ over NatWest boss’s exit”
Here’s the flip side. Should a business not have the right to choose whom it serves? If you as a client, or more likely potential client, rub us up the wrong way, are a declared anti-vaxxer or support the barges, can we not, as a business, say ‘Be Gone’?