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1 month ago | 
commonslibrary.parliament.uk | David Foster |Nerys Roberts |Patrick Brione |Robert Long
Bill stagesThe Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill was introduced into the Commons on 17 December 2024. It had its second reading on 8 January 2025 and completed it Commons committee stage 11 February 2025. At the time of writing, a date for the bill’s report stage and third reading had not been set. This briefing provides an overview of the progress of the bill through the House of Commons prior to report stage.
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2 months ago | 
commonslibrary.parliament.uk | David Foster |Patrick Brione |Robert Long |Stephanie Cunningham
The Employment Rights Bill 2024-25 was introduced in the House of Commons on 10 October 2024 and received its second reading on 21 October 2024. It is bill 11 of the 2024-25 parliamentary session. It is listed for report stage in the Commons on 11 March 2025. Most of the bill applies to England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland where employment law is devolved.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
ricochet.com | David Foster
Democrats and never-Trump Republicans assert that Trump must not be reelected because he threatens the Constitution. Peggy Noonan goes so far as to say, in her most recent WSJ column, that Kamala Harris should move to a more centrist position on a range of issues in order to improve her chances of winning, thereby negating Trump’s perceived threat to constitutional government.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
ricochet.com | David Foster
In the book AI Snake Oil, the authors mention that one of the AI systems was asked how one could remove a grilled cheese sandwich from a VCR player…and to explain it in the style of the King James Bible. The system did a pretty credible job. This month marking the 62nd anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis…see my post The Cuban Missile Crisis, as Viewed From a Soviet Launch Facility–I thought it might be fun to ask Perplexity to tell the story of the crisis in biblical style.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
mwrf.com | David Foster
This article appeared in Electronic Design and has been published here with permission. What you’ll learn:What's meant by the terms "RMS watts" and "peak watts?"What's the difference between RMS power and peak power? Why these distinctions are important in the context of audio systems. In the consumer electronics world, you will often hear about watts, power handling, and power output. The terms are used interchangeably to refer to two values, that is, root mean square (RMS) and peak power rating.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
allsides.com | David Foster
This piece is the fourth installment of a biweekly series written by David A. Foster (Center bias), based on his new book, Moderates of the World, Unite! Read the first post in the series. "If there be time to expose through discussion, the falsehoods and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence." - Justice Louis D.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
ricochet.com | David Foster
Keir Starmer’s suppression of free speech in the UK is expansive in its scope. Doomberg reports:According to the BBC, a 40-year-old man was recently charged for social media posts that “were alleged to contain anti-Muslim and anti-establishment rhetoric.” The characterization of the latter as offensive has raised more than a few eyebrows, including ours (and now, probably yours).
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Ben Werschkul |David Foster
When either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris takes power in 2025, they will have a significant effect on your financial life for years to come. Are you most focused on your finances in retirement? Best to look at what each side might do when it comes to things like Social Security and drug costs. More concerned about the price of everyday goods? How the new administration approaches an array of issues, from the Federal Reserve to tariffs to Ukraine, will have an impact there. And don't forget taxes.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
irglobal.com | David Foster
As private client lawyers, the most frequent question we are asked is ‘how can I save on paying Inheritance Tax?’ Martin Lewis, the money saving expert, recently released a podcast Not the Martin Lewis Podcast – Inheritance Tax and Probate on BBC Sounds where he had three specialists in the field with him and they answered various questions from the public all surrounding Inheritance Tax (IHT). Below is a very brief and simplified summary of the topics discussed.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
irglobal.com | David Foster
Flavia MongielloFor Italians who own assets in England and Wales, having both an English Will and an Italian Will is crucial to ensure their estate in each country is managed and distributed according to their wishes, and to avoid future issues on death. Here are the key reasons:The Italian and English legal systems are fundamentally different. Italy follows civil law with strict rules on forced heirship, where specific shares of the estate must be left to specific close relatives.
