Analysis
— Own Paterson has now resigned but the damage caused by MPs voting to block an independent decision has already been done.
Articles related to the United Kingdom.
Analysis
— Own Paterson has now resigned but the damage caused by MPs voting to block an independent decision has already been done.
Brexit
— A new post-Brexit Poll of Polls currently shows 51% are in favour of being part of the EU and 49% against.
Survey
— After the Owen Paterson scandal, a recent YouGov survey shows that a majority of people (63%) in the UK think Members of Parliament (MPs) should not be allowed to take on extra paid work outside of their current role.
Brexit
— A report by the NAO has found that while the government was able to deliver an initial operating capability at the GB-EU border by the end of the transition period, much more work is needed to bring in import controls, reduce the burden on traders, and resolve the position for Northern Ireland.
Brexit
— Professor Chris Grey’s long read analysis on the complexities of the Brexit fishing row, how they do/don’t relate to the Northern Ireland Protocol row, why ‘remainers’ needn’t pick a side, and why Brexiters can’t turn the clocks back.
OPINION
— 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.
COMMENT
— An example of egregious subtle racism I faced yesterday.
Education
— More hours of teaching might benefit children’s recovery in the short term but put teachers under dangerous pressure.
COMMENT
— The latest REACT-1 study shows what many experts and health professionals feared would happen in the UK without mitigations: a higher number of infections in households with children is driving the rise of infection in the 65+ age group. Analysis of the REACT-1 study results by Dr Deepti Gurdasani.
Climate Change
— Electric vehicle sales are booming and coal power is dwindling, but structural obstacles to net zero remain.
Brexit
— Professor Chris Grey's latest analysis on how the silence on Brexit in the budget and the ongoing Northern Ireland Protocol row show that on core post-Brexit issues of trade, labour market, and its relationship with the EU, the UK has no serious policy.
COVID-19
— Cases are high in people over 60, who are far more likely to develop severe COVID and need hospital treatment.
OPINION
— 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.
Analysis
— A new study in the United States found school reopening in late 2020 was associated with an increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths. But this was mostly the case where masks weren’t required.
What The Experts Say
— Experts and health professionals on the rise in infections in secondary-age children, on whether the worst effects of the pandemic may not just be over yet, and on the lack of face coverings at the Conservative Party Conference.
COMMENT
— Let’s do a deep delve into Long COVID – this syndrome that some in the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) are in denial about!
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