Herd immunity is fine for veterinary epidemiology, but not for humans
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020It is very easy to believe that the UK government is continuing with the policy of herd immunity that, appears to me, to have been
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For how much longer can Scotland stay in the Union?
Monday, May 11th, 2020Johnson spoke last night. By universal consent, his speech was bad. It was confusing. Amongst the waffle, it was almost impossible to discern what he
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The number of excess coronavirus deaths has plateaued but that is no cause for any celebration
Tuesday, May 5th, 2020As the Guardian has reported: The Office for National Statistics has just published its latest weekly death figures. Here are are the main points. There were 21,997
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The government’s naive belief that it is in charge of a compliant population might be tested quite soon
Monday, May 4th, 2020I am worried by the way that the government is handling the coronavirus crisis. The crisis itself has clearly been mismanaged. Some still try to
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Making the money that unlocks our dreams
Saturday, May 2nd, 2020We can,when thisis allover, makeall themoney weneed toget backto livinggreat lives And whenI say’make allthe moneywe need’I don’tmean bystacking highthe profitsthat comefrom abusingour planet I
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The time to scrap IFRS accounting has arrived
Monday, April 27th, 2020The FT has two articles this morning highlighting the failure of accounting rules to handle the impact of the coronavirus crisis, most especially in banking.
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Writing off NHS debt of £13.4 billion is a charade. What is required instead is the renationalisation of the NHS: nothing less will do
Thursday, April 2nd, 2020As the Guardian has noted this afternoon: To help NHS trusts deliver what’s needed, Hancock has written off £13.4bn of historic NHS debt. He said
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Could tax haven wealth help tackle coronavirus?
Friday, March 27th, 2020I’m resting, but others are blogging. This is from Nick Shaxson at the Tax Justice Network, with permission: Could the wealth in tax havens help
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The government can create all the money we need: an explanation
Thursday, March 19th, 2020I have argued that now is the time for the government to create all the money that might be needed to keep our economy going
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