2022 February

Johnson has been exposed for what he is

Posted on February 3 2022

Keir Starmer opened his comments at questions to the prime minister in the House of Commons yesterday by saying this: Mr Speaker, I want to
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Small acts of dissent matter right now

Posted on February 2 2022

Johnson has bunkered down. He is intensely unpopular at home. He is treated as laughing stock on the international stage. There were jokes about being
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The Pope understands the significance of tax transparency: we just now need to get the world’s governments to do so as well

Posted on February 2 2022

The Pope spoke to Italian tax collectors yesterday and had some important points to make, of which the most significant was, I think, this: I
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Those dying from it cannot live with Covid. They have been denied the chance to do so. The prime minister wants to remove the data that shows this was at his choice.

Posted on February 2 2022

As one of the most reliable Covid commentators on Twitter noted this morning: The story actually comes from iNews. The message is that: A senior
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The levelling up policy is all part of the sham of governing on behalf of the country when no such thing is happening

Posted on February 2 2022

The FT has covered the so-called plan for levelling up England and Wales this morning, noting that: The Guardian goes into greater depth on this
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You’ve got to fight for your right

Posted on February 2 2022

Knowing that some here like their politics to be sung I share this, which I found amusing: https://twitter.com/PoliticsJOE_UK/status/1488174679764439041?s=20&t=s9wUnbpoYUjltUHcR0L5uQ

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The government continues to ignore the risk from Covid and is refusing to deliver the clean air that will mitigate the risk. That makes them culpable for the resulting unnecessary deaths, in my opinion.

Posted on February 1 2022

Ss the FT notes this morning: Good for them. It really is about time someone in the UK paid attention to this variant. Latest reports
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When the truth cannot be told without fear of repercussion the possibility of holding power to account has ceased to exist

Posted on February 1 2022

The consensus amongst journalists is that Boris Johnson will survive yesterday’s debacle following the publication of the interim Sue Gray report. There was not a
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