OPINION

Trapped between a rock and a party place.

— At this point in time, it might be easier for Boris Johnson to list the days when there wasn’t a booze-up in Downing Street.

OPINION

Schools are stuck in 2020 too.

— It’s a new year. But it somehow still feels like 2020 too. We know so much more about COVID yet we are still having the same conversations we had in 2020, Stephanie Salgado writes.

OPINION

Thoughts on a dreadful year.

— Some thoughts on US politics as we wind down 2021.

OPINION

In Tory Britain, you never know what will happen yesterday.

— The UK is now at that critical point where it is about to slide into full-blown authoritarianism, presided over by an entitled clown.

OPINION

The perfect figurehead for a corrupt and unreformable Westminster.

— What the Tories are getting with Boris Johnson is precisely what they should have expected they were going to get. He’s incapable of change and as such is a perfect figurehead for a corrupt and shambolic Westminster which is incapable of reform.

OPINION

The moral vacuum that is Johnson’s Westminster.

— The eyes of the world saw a British Government desperately trying to evade democratic scrutiny and oversight as it helped to water down vital resolutions on the future of the planet. The Conservatives have trashed the UK’s international reputation.

OPINION

Shining a light on Tory dark money.

— In the next independence referendum campaign, the Conservatives and their anti-independence allies will flood Scotland with billboard campaigns and social media advertising paid for with dark money sourced outside Scotland.

OPINION

A Democratic wake-up call.

— Some Democrats are giving those who oppose Joe Biden reasons to keep opposing him.

OPINION

The NHS is in trouble. It needs our help and support now.

— Time to make some noise. The NHS and healthcare staff need our help and we must all fight for them. Demand your right to have your money spent directly to secure access to basic healthcare.

COVID-19 & Children

Blowing bubbles is dangerous for children.

— The removal of centrally mandated bubbles in UK schools is a calamitous move, and one based on a gross misrepresentation of the facts.

Open Letter

We trust grown-ups to protect us, but they are doing the opposite of protecting us — concerned children.

— It feels like those making decisions about our future and our lives are not listening to us. We are not numbers – we are children.

OPINION

Our forgotten children will suffer most from Covid being let rip – again.

— Until a sufficient proportion of the population has been fully vaccinated, there are simple measures that would go a long way to assuring parents of their child’s safety in school.

OPINION

Brits fighting to retain their EU passports and their citizens’ rights.

— Jennifer Wilson started the Big EU Passport campaign in 2017. She explains why she is campaigning for British citizens to retain their EU passports and their citizens’ rights after Brexit.