As the AstraZeneca and Oxford University vaccine results are encouraging, governments can’t force people to be vaccinated, but they can penalise those who don’t.
Brexit, beached.
Professor Chris Grey || 13 min readWith Trump and Cummings going the Brexit project is beached on the mudflaps of history, and with its deepest flaws about ‘independence’ ever clearer Boris Johnson can no longer duck the choice of purism or pragmatism, writes Professor Chris Grey.
From Brighton with love.
the3million || 5 min readthe3million’s view on the government’s ‘sort of clarifications’ about the Settled Status scheme for EU citizens and how the Government of Gibraltar announcing the issuing of physical cards for EU citizens proves it is not only possible but also sensible.
Can we spare a thought for the victims of Priti Patel’s bullying?
Chris Kendall || 2 min readImagine being bullied at work, then being told it is no big deal, unintentional even, and eventually seeing the bully being protected. That’s happening right now at the highest level of power!
Oxford vaccine results are in. Now we need to make sure it is used – here is how.
5 min readAs the AstraZeneca and Oxford University vaccine results are encouraging, governments can’t force people to be vaccinated, but they can penalise those who don’t.
Front pages — 23 November 2020.
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Brexit, beached.
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From Brighton with love.
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Front pages — 22 November 2020.
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Can we spare a thought for the victims of Priti Patel’s bullying?
2 min readImagine being bullied at work, then being told it is no big deal, unintentional even, and eventually seeing the bully being protected. That’s happening right now at the highest level of power!
Foreign aid – By investing into helping others we benefit ourselves.
2 min readIf the UK wants to be a strong global power, it takes more than a military. It requires soft power.
How politicized science has become.
3 min readDr Jha’s formidable account of his hearing before lawmakers who believe that thousands of Americans are dying from doctors – who they are convinced are in bed with the Big Pharma and corrupt – withholding hydroxychloroquine.
The impact of under-resourcing the police.
6 min readA barrister’s heartbreaking account of how the police cannot devote sufficient resources to make people feel safe in their own homes any longer. Or when policing comes down to one word. Resources.
US Election — What’s Next?
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From Brighton with love.
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Another day, another deadline.
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Has Brexit gone off the boil?
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The clown car is unloading everything.
6 min readThe clown car is emptying to give one last theater of the absurd performance.
Open schools mean deaths – We need a gap year for schools now!
5 min readAs New York closes its schools, in this challenging opinion, Nyla Nox argues that a gap year for all UK schools is needed right now to protect children and adults from the coronavirus pandemic.
The priority.
5 min readWell, now, if nothing else, we know where Johnson and the Tories draw the line. It turns out that there are after all some outrages that they will not tolerate.
Hope won but white fear still reigns.
6 min readOn one hand last week’s national elections produced unity because everyone was surprised at the results and on the other hand the elections produced disunity.