Owen is CEO of Precision Agriculture for Development. He has worked in the office of the UK Prime Minister, the British Treasury, the Department for International Development; and at the Center for Global Development.
Good article on Devex Pro about Precision Development based on an interview with our excellent India Country Director, Niriksha Shetty.
I think the relaxations in the lockdown are premature. Here is why: Hospital admissions in London are going up And in England as a whole, hospital admissions are rising slightly: UPDATE 8pm Here is the Read more…
I am worried that the UK Government is easing the lockdown too soon, and I am going to continue to be very careful in the coming weeks. Here’s why. I am not a doctor or Read more…
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dearieme · February 8, 2006 at 2:59 pm
Ein Reich, multiVolk, ein Premier.
doctorvee » Elections cancelled · February 8, 2006 at 2:46 pm
[…] Remember Owen Barder’s spoof post about Tony Blair abolishing elections? […]
Talk Politics · February 8, 2006 at 4:55 pm
What the fucking hell is this?…
Let me get this straight…
We currently have before Parliament, a new bill – the Legislative and Regulatory Refrom Bill – which will allow Ministers to ‘amend, repeal or replace legislation in any way that an Act of Parliament may do’ by Minister…
Murky.org · February 9, 2006 at 10:24 am
The gradual slide to totalitarianism…
Anyone who can read this bill and not be concerned about a slide into a totalitarian state can’t be reading the same bill. (1) A Minister of the Crown may by order make provision for either or both of the……
doctorvee » Swearing illegalised · February 16, 2006 at 11:15 am
[…] Watch out — the last time Owen Barder did one of these, it turned out to be kind of prescient. So let me just take this opportunity to swear really hard while it’s still legal: front bum. […]
No geek is an island » Blog Archive » I read it there first · February 20, 2006 at 12:29 am
[…] Doctorvee expressed concern last week that Owen Barder’s satire has become the future. First, there was the abolition of democracy. Then, on Thursday he spoofed the Government’s “respect agenda” by suggesting they would ban swearing. […]
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