This Sunday 22 March marks World Water Day. The importance of access to clean water is now accepted across the world. It provides a basis for a healthy life and a path out of poverty. Since the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals by the United Nations fifteen years ago, global action…
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Data does make a difference
by Lord McConnell • • 6 Comments
As a Mathematician with a lifelong passion for numbers I have always liked statistics. I am wary of them, of course. ‘There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” may be an overused quotation, but it does contain a grain of truth. In the wrong hands, ‘facts’ are not always what they…
Surveillance: citizens and the state
by Lord Norton • • 15 Comments
The Lords Constitution Committee has spent over a year undertaking an inquiry into the impact of government surveillance and data collection and the effect it has on the privacy of individuals and their relationship with the state. The report, Surveillance: Citizens and the State, is a substantial one, both quantitatively and qualitatively. It draws on extensive…