Politics and the NHS
Pay negotiations for Britain’s doctors and nurses are affected by wider issues in politics and the NHS, such as views on privatisation Further nurses strikes are possible in the ongoing […]
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BBC impartiality and free speech
Gary Lineker’s tweet, criticising the Home Secretary’s language about refugees, has led to an overheated debate about BBC impartiality and free speech. This raises interesting questions about the BBC Charter, […]
» Read moreAn incompetent ‘mini-budget’
Prime Minister Liz Truss, and her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, were rightly criticised for the incompetent ‘mini-budget’ statement that was published on 23 September 2022. It created turmoil in financial markets, […]
» Read moreSlow reaction
The UK is in the grip of a fuel crisis, caused by a shortage of HGV drivers, and many key workers are affected. The government in Westminster did nothing when […]
» Read moreMcConntortions
Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell is a modern-day Machiavelli. As reported by The Conversation, “Mitch McConnell’s legacy is a conservative Supreme Court shaped by his calculated audacity”; he arranged the […]
» Read moreTrump and the GOP
The relationship between Trump and the GOP is distorted by conspiracy theories whose adherents endanger American democracy Rep. Liz Cheney is reported as saying, in an interview on “Fox News […]
» Read moreThe Brexit trade deal
Britain has now left the EU in a ‘Brexit’ after having been a member for 48 years. BBC articles on the New EU trade arrangements report on the trade deal […]
» Read moreAn English Nationalist
Lord Patten has aptly described Boris Johnson as an ‘English nationalist’, less than three weeks before the country is due to leave the EU in a Brexit – still not […]
» Read morePandemic decision-making
As the death toll in the COVID-19 pandemic increases, governments in wealthy countries are trying to slow the spread of infection by shutting down large parts of their economies in […]
» Read moreMedia Reporting
People who want to know more about a contentious issue might naturally expect to find answers in the media – but any issue can be looked at from different viewpoints, […]
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