Opinion
Fake news is hindering the battle with COVID-19
The largescale belief in fake news is leading to a reduction in the number of people complying with social distancing.
Brexit has created a tribal society, how did we get here?
A government detached from reality, with the electorate acting as enablers, how did this happen?
Covid highlights deep-rooted inequalities we’ve papered over for decades
Vulnerable children and families - and those already experiencing disadvantage - risk becoming the forgotten victims.
Tory austerity strangled the economic recovery after the last crisis, we cannot afford to allow them to do it again
Austerity wreaked havoc on the economy and society, but worst of all it left us catastrophically under-prepared for the next crisis to come along.
Lack of govt regulation on online tutoring is putting our children at risk
It is imperative that child tutoring is immediately regulated by the government and a loophole, that could leave thousands of children at risk of harm, is closed.
The Government is out of step with the public over who unskilled workers are
And dangerously so...
Is it time UK citizens adopted the Hong Kong approach?
With the government flailing, the city’s citizens decided to organise their own coronavirus response.
Lift the lockdown? The working class cannot pay for it with their lives
Johnson’s government is apparently content to build its pandemic response squarely on inequality.
The government has moved to shift blame to the public
Responsibility for all of this has been flipped – and not just on to the poor scientists for doing their jobs.