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In 2016, Brexit also was a failure of Open Data. Will this happen again?

One Brexit fact that really nobody can deny is that, so far, too many decisions and promises have been made… without enough data to back them.

Apr 11, 2019 - 2 min read
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Brexit means Brexit... and more high-tech pollution too

As a consequence of Brexit, the UK will also build its own GPS-equivalent satellite system. What does this really mean?

Dec 1, 2018 - 1 min read

Brexit is also a wake-up call for the Open Data movement

What is Open Data? Open Data is something with which we can…

Jun 25, 2016 - 2 min read
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On Brexit, young people "betrayed" by their elders, and voting

I have a strong feeling that certain headlines and assertions about the Brexit result are if not factually wrong, at least very misleading. I refer to statements that summarize charts and tables like the ones above in this way: “The U.K.’s Old Decided for the Young in the Brexit Vote” “Brexit is a middle finger from the baby boomers to young people like me” “Young screwed by older generations” “Young voters wanted Brexit the least - and will have to live with it the longest” Fact is, it was very clear, well before the vote, that opinions varied greatly across age ranges and that

Jun 25, 2016 - 5 min read