Media
The Gist: Age Verification is an Epic fail
From the 21st July 2025, Ireland’s regulator will be enforcing age checks at the door for social media sites in the EU. This is the Gist.
UK
UK
The Gist: News of the World
England, Canada and Australia, all with election results in a week? This is the Gist.
GDPR
The Gist: Trans rights are Data rights
A UK court has made a decision defining genders which has put it at odds with a less noticed, more important, decision from the CJEU. This is the Gist.
UK
The Gist: Theatre of the Absurd
Sometimes things all feel a bit too serious. So this week's Gist is devoted to only inherently ridiculous stories.
UK
The Gist: A Man For All Seasons
The Rishi Sunak regenerations continued this week, with a piece of stunt casting and a crossover Two PMs special. This is the Gist.
UK
The Gist: Off Their Trolley
The UK Covid Inquiry has revealed a nation governed by a group of people you wouldn’t leave in charge of a pet rock. This is the Gist.
US
The Gist: Parliament of Fools
The US Republican Party has moved so far down the list of groups to hate it has finally reached “Republicans.” This is the Gist.
Ireland
The Gist: The Aul Sod
Joe Biden's visit to Ireland provoked an unexpectedly seething envy from our neighbours to the East.
UK
The Gist: Eviction Politicians
It takes a special kind of courage to decide to make people homeless, when you could just choose not to do that. This is the Gist.
US
The Gist: Letter from America
"In a sort of DUP equivalent of the marshmallow test for toddlers, they proved unable to postpone saying No." This is the Gist.
Ireland
The Gist: It’s Been a Week
From posters to tanks, Tories and tax to the price of a name. This is the Gist.
US
The Gist: Why so many 50:50 results?
Why have so many political results ended up as nearly 50:50 splits in recent years?