Did people die from Covid because of the power of populist politics?
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023In the context of the Covid inquiry, I have had my attention drawn to a paper in the British Medical Journal entitled ‘How covid-19 spreads:
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Did the over-50s never pick up where they left off after Covid lockdowns?
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023As the Guardian reports this morning: The pandemic has caused sustained harm to the brain health of people aged 50 or over, rapidly speeding up
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It's time the government really woke up to the renewed threat from Covid
Thursday, August 31st, 2023As the FT notes this morning: Health authorities in England are bringing forward the latest Covid-19 booster vaccination programme to counter a potentially dangerous sub-variant
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The Tories are willing to put lives at risk again so keen are they to cover up their Covid mismanagement
Thursday, August 17th, 2023The Guardian appropriately reports this morning that: Covid vaccines should be made available for people to buy privately in Britain, leading scientists have urged, amid
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Land value taxation is a non-starter when it comes to serious tax reform
Tuesday, August 8th, 2023A commentator going by the name of Joe Polito has posted on the blog this morning suggesting that a desirable tax reform would be to
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The Treasury should be on Covid trial alongside Johnson and Sunak
Sunday, June 4th, 2023As The Observer notes this morning: Rishi Sunak is facing a barrage of criticism in the run-up to the official Covid-19 inquiry as a leading
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What is Sunak so desperate to hide?
Friday, June 2nd, 2023I set out the legal arrangements surrounding the demand fur data made of the government by Lady Hallett, the former judge who is now heading
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Tory ministers responsible for tens of thousands of deaths have to be held accountable
Tuesday, May 30th, 2023As I noted on this blog in 2020 and 2021, the management of the Covid epidemic was a tale of unmitigated disaster in the UK.
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Covid is an ongoing threat to the well being of millions in this country, but they're going to be sacrificed to the Tory back-benches
Tuesday, January 18th, 2022As the Guardian noted last night: No 10 is drawing up plans to phase out England’s remaining pandemic restrictions from as early as March as
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