Code Red for Humanity and COP26
In August this year, the United Nations Secretary-General declared the latest IPCC report on climate…
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In early June, Prof Neil Ferguson, of Imperial College, told the House of Commons science…
Brazil, Coronavirus and Bolsonaro
Consisting of over 200 million people, the population of Brazil is enormously diverse in many…
Before we go forward, Labour must look back
The corona-virus pandemic has shone a bright light on our society, illuminating all that makes…
Labour must resist the Tories’ reckless plan for schools
I taught in an Islington primary school for 23 years and was NUT Rep there…
Unanswered Questions about Vulnerability and Risk
In mid-March, the government announced that all of those over 70 and those with underlying…
Don’t be Complicit in this Carnage
Coronavirus is no leveller. People who are sick, disabled, poor, old, alone, black, or migrants…
Solidarity not charity
Few people won’t know someone who has been ill with COVID-19 and many will be…
Political and Ethical Issues raised by COVID-19
The COVID-19 Pandemic poses the greatest mass threat any of us have faced in our…
Coronavirus and the Economy
The Coronavirus pandemic has shown that the Labour Party Manifesto for the December 2019 General…
Redefining the possible: hope for the climate crisis
Politics, we are regularly told, is the art of the possible. It’s an old truism…
The Tories’ financial aid for freelancers isn’t good enough
‘You have not been forgotten’, said Rishi Sunak when he announced a set of measures…
Winning the peace: who decides what follows COVID-19?
As our world slows down to a crawl, and our society goes through emotional and…
Coronavirus may not discriminate, but racism does.
Coronavirus does not recognise national borders, cultures or ethnicities. Nor does it recognise security walls.…