The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
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No, the pandemic is not over
Boris Johnson's shock announcement that all Covid restrictions will soon be lifted has caused outrage in the medical and scientific community when even official figures say one in 19 people are currently infectious, reports JOAN TWELVES
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
REMEMBER when the Prime Minister repeatedly told us he was “following the science?” Remember those televised press conferences when he was flanked by the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Adviser providing the expert advice on what we all needed to know and do to protect ourselves and our loved ones from the deadly coronavirus?
There was no press conference, no updates on the gov.uk website, no sign of Chris Whitty or Patrick Vallance, when the Prime Minister announced in Parliament on February 9 2022 that he was planning to bring forward an end to England’s rules on self-isolation later this month.
“Following the science” — but the scientists and medical experts of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) didn’t meet until the day after this announcement. And by that time the press was reporting that it wouldn’t just be self-isolation that would end — the days of free testing and even the “gold standard” ONS Coronavirus Infection Survey are limited.
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