‘Food for Good’, not just for lockdown. – Source by qwertyfan May 15, 2020 0 We spoke to Kirsty Haigh from the Food for Good coalition, who are providing food to people in need during ...
Prematurely relaxing restrictions on so-called “low-risk” groups is an exceptionally high-risk thing to do – unless you can somehow totally segregate the generations, and you can’t. by qwertyfan May 14, 2020 0 This is the sort of point that sounds sophisticated but is actually very silly. Allowing so-called 'low risk' people to ...
British nationalism is a fantasy novel by qwertyfan May 11, 2020 0 Ever since this crisis started the response of the Conservatives in London has been characterised by confusion, tardiness, lies, and ...
Back where we started by qwertyfan May 12, 2020 0 We’ve been cooped up for weeks, and finally there’s a faint glimmer of hope that a plan to end lockdown ...
As predicted, Stuart Campbell performs *another* 180 degree turn: his new case for a list-only party flatly contradicts the one he was making only a few months ago by qwertyfan May 11, 2020 0 Stuart Campbell's latest rant today is fascinating (and mildly depressing) in at least one respect. I had assumed his initial ...
Robin Mcalpine: Scotland is in desperate need of good journalism – this is how we can have it – Source by qwertyfan May 11, 2020 0 Common Weal Versus the Virus: The virus is exposing the reality of the weaknesses in our economy, society and democracy. Over ...
The BBC can’t have it both ways: if they want to criticise the Scottish Government for not taking stronger action than Westminster, they can’t simultaneously dismiss devolved laws as toytown rules that shouldn’t be taken too seriously by qwertyfan May 13, 2020 0 I said yesterday that the BBC were partly justified (and I stress only partly) in asking whether the Scottish Government ...
Normal was the problem – and now it is disaster – Source by qwertyfan May 14, 2020 0 Shortly before the pandemic hit, there had been a wave of protests against inequality in Chile, that seemed to go ...
Our enemies among us by qwertyfan May 14, 2020 0 There’s a great quote from one of the founders of the SNP that Yes types are fond of using in ...
Remember the care home survivors – Source by qwertyfan May 13, 2020 0 María Branyas is a name that may become synonymous with resilience. 113-years-old, she has survived the Spanish Flu of 1918-19, ...