This is from the Guardian this morning: University Vice Chancellors (who, as a group, are by far the biggest winners from the current system of
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Accountability is at the core of good government. The Covid inquiry has already proved that the Tories do not know that.
The government has got itself into a complete mess over the Covid inquiry. There is no one to blame but itself. As I noted yesterday,
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Tory ministers responsible for tens of thousands of deaths have to be held accountable
As 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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Failure in the UK is plain to see
These four items were all headlines in this morning’s Guardian newspaper business newsletter: In turn we get: The exploitation of a public necessity – water
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The issue around Johnson’s partying is not about his guilt. It is about whether democracy will be upheld.
The emergence of new allegations that Boris Johnson broke lockdown rules with regard to Covid on many newly discovered occasions does matter. There has been
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Could hate win?
The obvious question to ask after this week’s National Conservative conference is how far can hate take the right? It was, after all, the one
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Millions in the UK are living with wholly unnecessary and ultimately catastrophic debt crises
The FT has reported that: To put this in context, there are about 33 million taxpayers in the UK. There is likely to be a
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The government’s treatment of refugees makes international criminals of them all, in my opinion
I am so bored of hearing Tories talking about illegal immigration by refugees, whether in the House of Lords or on Question Time, that I
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PWC are in trouble in Australia. The suggestion that they shared government secrets does not look good
As the FT has reported this morning: PwC is racing to contain the global fallout of an Australian leak scandal on its business after it
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