The campaign to beat the pandemic
There is a concerted propaganda offensive against our teachers and parents, with headlines screaming, ‘Reopen our schools.’ But the schools aren’t closed! Teachers have been working heroically, at risk to their own health, teaching at-risk children and the children of … Read more
Matt Hancock says that a Zero Covid strategy is not feasible for the UK. Priti Patel, with the collusion of the mass media, blames the public recalcitrance for the unfolding catastrophe. These are the twin strands of a state narrative … Read more
The UK Government of Boris Johnson has finally announced the national lockdown for England that increasing numbers of observers had confidently predicted would be necessary. This includes the much-needed closure of schools to most pupils and a move to online … Read more
Boris Johnson’s announcement yesterday that his promise to allow households to mix over Christmas is now to be broken typifies the chaotic lurches in policy that we have seen from the U.K. government throughout this pandemic. Families who had been … Read more
AS ENGLISH LOCKDOWN ENDS: DAY OF ACTION ON 5 DEC FOR MORE EFFECTIVE MEASURES Doctors, scientists, students and trade unionists are planning coordinated protests across Britain on Saturday 5 December to protest the UK government’s reckless return to regional tier … Read more
Boris Johnson has announced that the national lockdown for England will end on 2 December, to be replaced by a regional three-tier system. Non-essential shops, hairdressers and gyms will reopen, and spectators will be allowed to return to sporting events. … Read more
All the talk in the media is of “light at the end of the tunnel” following the news about the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine. While this development is indeed good news, we certainly aren’t at the end of the tunnel yet. Will … Read more