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TABITHA JOHN, 17, gives her take on the coronavirus crisis – and thanks those who are assisting society amid difficult times
JOHN McINALLY sees little chance of change at Westminster, and calls on the left to get serious about building a real alternative
With the centenary of the UN Slavery Convention upon us, ROGER McKENZIE argues much needs to be done to rid us of all its contemporary manifestations
SEVIM DAGDELEN says European Nato states are escalating ever closer to direct conflict with a nuclear power, and sacrificing welfare states built up over a century to finance it
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the horrific price British patients will pay for this NHS deal is now clear — and there’s time to get out of it, if MPs will only force the issue
KENNY MacASKILL says the lines between party, government and Civil Service in Scotland have been blurred and we need a thorough investigation into how
UNTIL the first confirmed case within Britain, January 30 2020, Covid-19 seemed little more than a fly buzzing in the background that occasionally popped up on the daily news.
However, as the toll began to spike, Boris Johnson and his gaggle of a Cabinet had to hastily pull together a pandemic action plan — a few years too late, if you ask me.
After 12 years of cutbacks, shortcuts, clipping the curb of what is necessary, the Tory party is finally acknowledging the dire need for a thriving public healthcare system.
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