Brexit
— Professor Chris Grey on how the current travel chaos and the impending decision on import controls show how Brexit impacts fragile complex systems and how the Brexiter denial of complex reality doesn’t make it disappear.
Brexit
— Professor Chris Grey on how the current travel chaos and the impending decision on import controls show how Brexit impacts fragile complex systems and how the Brexiter denial of complex reality doesn’t make it disappear.
Downing Street Parties
— The British prime minister, his wife and the chancellor of the exchequer are all in legal trouble over lockdown gatherings. What happens next?
Analysis
— An expert answers our questions about the tax status claimed by Rishi Sunak’s wife and other wealthy people.
Petition
— In just 24 hours, the majority of people in England will no longer be able to get free COVID tests. John Puntis, retired Doctor and co-chair of Keep NHS Public is urging the government to rethink this policy.
Long-Read
— Professor Chris Grey on the confusion of Boris Johnson with a national leader, confusions on all sides about P&O Ferries, confusions in the CBI’s attempts to get behind Brexit, and the different kinds of Brexit failure that shouldn’t be confused.
Analysis
— Employment law is all at sea. Rich companies can simply choose to buy themselves out of the legal system.
What The Experts Say
— The views of experts and health professionals on whether there is cause for concern as COVID case numbers are rising again, the risk of a new variant to show up, the situation in schools and long COVID.
Justice
— The Government has admitted that all of Boris Johnson’s pandemic phone messages are unavailable. What is the Prime Minister trying to hide from the public?
Brexit
— With the war showing its pointlessness, and none of its promises delivered, most supporters of Brexit are falling silent. That will not make Brexit go away, though, so what might it lead to? Professor Chris Grey’s analysis.
Fact-Check
— An uncomfortable Chancellor Rishi Sunak finds himself in the middle of a storm because of his family business links to Russia.
Long-Read
— Professor Chris Grey looking at last week’s events in terms of the blurring of truth and lies that is in part a legacy of Brexit, and has strange parallels with Putin’s ‘spy’ mindset.
COMMENT
— “Brace yourselves” for rising COVID cases, the UK Government says. The scandalous failure to plan for long-term protection of lives.
COMMENT
— Implementing a sponsored visa route, rather than waiving visas, risks putting refugees in greater danger of exploitation, without long-term security. It is a cop-out by the government to avoid providing genuine support.
COVID-19
— In the two years since COVID was declared a pandemic, vaccines and treatments have been rapidly developed – yet millions worldwide have died.
Long-Read
— Of all the things to discuss in relation to the horrors of Ukraine, Brexit is low on the list. But there are multiple linkages, which Professor Chris Grey discusses as a series of reminders, lessons and hopes.
COMMENT
— The UK Government must scrap visa requirements for refugees and halt carrier liability fines, to ensure those who do seek asylum in the UK can reach here safely.
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