Month: March 2020

It's worth taking a step back at this point and recalling where we were a few weeks ago.  Why did the UK decide in the first place to start defying ...

As we all know, Imperial College published a paper ten days ago stating that if the UK persevered with its mitigation strategy (ie. the notorious 'herd immunity' strategy) the NHS ...

The UK’s post-Brexit immigration system is starting to take shape, with a new points-based approach and the end to free movement. Home Secretary Priti Patel detailed the new plan ...

Screen image C4 By Russell Bruce This is not the contradiction in terms it might seem. As borders close and events are cancelled it is vital that information, food and ...

Photograph by Krists Luhaers - Unsplash Equality Nation looks at the Common Travel Area between an independent Ireland, the nations of the UK and the three crown dependencies of Isle ...

Scotland’s salmon farming industry is planning to use a toxic pesticide banned in terrestrial agriculture because of dangers to bees, campaigners are warning. They have condemned the secrecy surrounding ...

Brazilian journalist and activist Nathália Urban explores the Latin American response to the Coronavirus pandemic, and what lessons the West can draw from it IN THE MIDST of this storm ...

As you may have seen, a paper from Imperial College has concluded that the "managed epidemic"/"herd immunity" strategy followed by the government until now is simply not viable, because demand ...

Excellent, and spot on Chris Jack is definitely full of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD). Meanwhile, Willie Rennie’s demise as leader of the Lib/Dem branch office in Scotland and apologist for the ...

Common Weal Versus the Virus: The virus is exposing the reality of the weaknesses in our economy, society and democracy. Over the last six years Common Weal has been showing ...