The campaign to beat the pandemic
The Scottish Government is neither preventing nor funding treatment for Long Covid. This has to change! At the time of writing this briefing, Scotland has the highest rate of Covid-19 infections in Europe, [1] yet no additional restrictions nor mitigation measures … Read more
Never let a crisis go to waste. NHS privatisation has been on fast-forward since the Covid-19 pandemic began last March. NHS spending on private services doubled between 2010 and 2019. Since then, the Tories have handed out crony-capitalist contracts to … Read more
Hearing the sounds of football celebration on Friday night, and the rumble of the tourist wheeled luggage in the street this morning, perhaps tells us that the Scottish Government is wanting to “move on” from the pandemic. But what is … Read more
Get a set of these stickers to put up in your local area! Donate £5 or more for a set of 10 Zero Covid stickers. The UK has seen one of the highest death rates in the world because the … Read more
In response to a rapidly developing situation, the Zero Covid Scotland pledge – originally published in March 2021 – has been redrafted as a set of actions that support of a virus elimination strategy in Scotland. It has been formulated … Read more
The Scottish Government has had an official policy of maximum suppression of Covid-19 infections. But this appears to be being ditched and replaced with what we can only describe as a “let the virus rip as long as there are … Read more
Dominic Cummings is not a reliable witness but much of what he has said to the select committees about this Government’s catastrophic and criminal handling of the Coronavirus pandemic rings more than true to those who were on the front … Read more
The pandemic confirms that capitalism is a clear and present danger to human existence. Prince Prospero retreats inside his Gothic palace and leaves the pestilence to rage beyond its walls in Edgar Allan Poe’s 1842 short story The Masque of … Read more
Einstein is purported to have said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. A shiver went down my spine and I thought of Einstein when Johnson said that … Read more
The Zero Covid Scotland pledge was launched in March of this year and has so far attracted signatures from three Holyrood MSPs, many individuals, an MP, several scientists, and a trade unions council. While work continues asking people and organisations … Read more