The Covid response suggests that Tory MPs now think that delivering death in the community is what politics is all about
Monday, December 13th, 2021We have, according to Boris Johnson, a national emergency. For once, I will not disagree with him. Omicron is creating a crisis with regard to
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Will Boris Johnson be Prime Minister come Christmas 2022?
Sunday, December 12th, 2021I posted a poll on Twitter on Friday, asking the above question. This was the finding after 24 hours of polling: I make no pretence
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When will Labour step up to the mark?
Friday, December 10th, 2021As I noted on Twitter this morning: The Labour Party can vote to support the imposition of mask wearing in theatres next week, or oppose
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Johnson has created carnage within the credibility of the political system, quite knowingly, willingly, and with the support of his party
Thursday, December 9th, 2021I did, as usual, spend some time reading all my usual news sources this morning, after which none of them, and none of their interpretations
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Beating Covid is possible, but not with current economic policies
Tuesday, December 7th, 2021I was asked to speak at an event organised by the Zero-Covid Coalition last night. This group takes the epidemiologically logical approach that the only
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The question is not if but when the government will have to react to the economic pressures of omicron
Sunday, December 5th, 2021The last week has seen a number of major news stories, from the deaths of refugees, to the sleaze of a government that partied whilst
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Sajid Javid is sending out the message that those with chronic health conditions don't matter and that the NHS should not care for them, which is wrong at every possible level
Thursday, December 2nd, 2021The Guardian carried this story last night: Ministers may allow GPs in England to halt regular monitoring of millions of patients with underlying health problems as part
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ABC, or Anything But Conservative, is a useful electoral tactic, but proportional representation would be so much better
Thursday, December 2nd, 2021I watched Matt Hancock on Peston last night. It was a car crash. Hancock put on his usual tears because he’d been found to be
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Covid demands that we have a new politics embracing care, community, cooperation, coordination, and conviviality
Monday, November 29th, 2021Just suppose for a moment that we had politicians with the sense to realise that COVID is not over, and that omicron is just one
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