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How are construction firms getting away with keeping sites open?
Construction workers on a residential building in Canary Wharf
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
THE way the major construction firms have flouted — and been allowed to flout — the coronavirus lockdown is a prime example of much that is wrong with our system.
There is such a thing as necessary building work. Plumbers and heating engineers still need to repair broken kit, whether on households or big buildings.
Sites need to be made safe. Some work shouldn’t be left half done. This work should continue — but it needs to be managed, with as much cleaning and distancing as possible.
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