As the Middle East crisis rages on, causing political upheaval way beyond those borders, not to mention Ukraine, the UK is experiencing a constitutional crisis which has been building for some considerable time, yet it doesn’t seem to be acknowledged as such by politicians or the media, except somewhat in the Radio 4 Today podcast.Continue reading “Sunday 19 November”
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Sunday 3 September
Some Tories and their apologists in the media must be feeling relieved at the timing of the demise of former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed and all the column inches and broadcast minutes that will absorb while they’re engulfed in the latest scandal about the faulty Raac concrete in our crumbling schools. The Department forContinue reading “Sunday 3 September”
Sunday 11 July
Ever since the government reiterated its intention to end lockdown restrictions on July 19th, there’s been an avalanche of doubt, anxiety, criticism and incredulity expressed by scientists, medics and the public, given the rapid rise of Covid cases, including the virulent new Lambda variant. Epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding tweeted: ‘Watching—new Lambda Variant now found in 30Continue reading “Sunday 11 July”
Sunday 27th June
Yet again, what a week it’s been, many items temporarily pushed off the news agenda by the emergence of Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s affair during the pandemic (and ongoing) with ‘a friend’ who he subsequently made a non-executive Director of the NHS. Many were up in arms about Hancock having been instrumental in making theContinue reading “Sunday 27th June”
Politics and mental health - the missing link? 