Simon Carne

Chinese whispers With each attempt to explain why the China spying case collapsed, the reasons become increasingly nonsensical

Does Keir Starmer know what spying is?
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A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

Saw The Hack last night. It's extraordinary that newspapers are still destroying lives. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant, @jacquihames.bsky.social and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

What the Letby trial tells us about justice There is a recurring pattern of defence teams coming up with a counter-argument only after a first trial has resulted in conviction. Something needs to change.

Expert evidence can be crucial in a criminal trial. But there is a recurring pattern of defendants coming up with a counterargument only after the trial has resulted in a conviction.
The Lucy Letby trial tells us that something needs to change.
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Changes to the UK water industry: a time for hope or hype We need long-term thinking, not short-term politics

Changes to the UK water industry: a time for hope or hype
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Attorney General joins Lineker's team How ironic that critics of a blatant power grab find themselves likened to Germans in the 1930s!

How ironic that it is the critics of a blatant power grab who find themselves likened to Germans in the 1930s!
Read the latest of my #IrregularThoughts
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The discount period starts today (Saturday 10 May) and runs for 7 days. Buy the book at amzn.eu/d/bivFsMy.

The discount period starts this Saturday, 10 May 2025, and lasts for precisely seven days. Buy the book here: amzn.eu/d/bivFsMy.

You can try a sample before you buy ... but be sure to make your purchase before the discount period ends if you want to take advantage of the special offer.

My book, I Learned to Write, went on sale in March and hit the top of Amazon's bestsellers in two charts. As a celebration, the e-book is being offered for one week only at the discounted price of 99p (usual price £2.99).

Rage agAInst the machine Is it OK to learn from the work of others?

"Rage agAInst the machine", the latest of my #IrregularThoughts.
Is there any sense in creatives objecting to AI learning from their work?
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My book is #1 in Amazon best sellers. Available at Https://amzn.eu/d/bivFsMy

I Learned to Write : ... and to love public speaking I Learned to Write : ... and to love public speaking eBook : Carne, Simon: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Five years ago, I launched a website to explain my writing techniques.
TODAY I launched the book of the website.
In time, it may go to video.
But I haven’t yet decided who’s going to play me.
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Yesterday, Amazon announced it had acquired James Bond. Today, it dumped Neighbours. Clearly, only enough room in the budget for one of them.

Losing the plot Farmers should pay their fair share of tax. But this Budget wasn’t remotely fair.

Farmers should pay their fair share of tax, but the recent Budget wasn't fair or economically sensible. See "Losing the Plot", the latest of my #IrregularThoughts at
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