On live television, Andy Burnham had just finished making an impassioned plea for the tiny amount of money that will be needed to spare the poorest and most vulnerable people of Manchester from ruination in the wake of new coronavirus constraints being thrust upon them. Reporters had asked a few questions, and then, still, onContinue reading “We Have Seen Boris Johnson At His Most Incompetent Numerous Times. Here He Was At His Most Malignant”
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World’s First COVID Human Challenge Trials To Start
Volunteers in London are to be infected with coronavirus early next year, in the world’s first COVID 19 human challenge trials. The project, first announced in a media outlet last month, was disclosed publicly on Tuesday morning with an initial £33.6 million of government funding. The aim is to speed up vaccine development by contaminatingContinue reading “World’s First COVID Human Challenge Trials To Start”
How Failures Of The Obama-Era Stimulus Could Navigate A Biden Administration
The person taking the oath of office on Jan 20 will encounter economic disarray and this will be true whether it’s Joe Biden or Donald Trump, and true whether or not the off and on negotiations over a new round of pandemic relief yield anything. Given mass failures of small businesses and continuing astronomical numbersContinue reading “How Failures Of The Obama-Era Stimulus Could Navigate A Biden Administration”
Wales To Go Into National Two-Week Firebreak COVID Lockdown
The Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, has declared that a temporary national lockdown will be imposed in Wales. The Welsh Government believes a two-week firebreak, from Friday at 6 pm until Monday 9 November is essential to help bring the virus under control. Approximately 2.3 million people in Wales are already living under local lockdownContinue reading “Wales To Go Into National Two-Week Firebreak COVID Lockdown”
National Circuit Breaker Would Be Unfair, Voices Michael Gove
A national circuit breaker lockdown was ruled out by the Government after Labour said that several might be needed and each could last longer than three weeks. Michael Gove, the Cabinet Office minister, left the door open for a regional variant of the policy, however, by criticising it only for imposing blanket restrictions on placesContinue reading “National Circuit Breaker Would Be Unfair, Voices Michael Gove”
French Police Raid Homes Of Dozens Of Radical Islamists
Police raided the homes of dozens of radical Islamists in Paris after a Chechen born teenager beheaded a teacher for showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to students. The operation followed directives from President Macron to crack down on radicals whose doctrines are blamed for provoking Abdullakh Anzorov, 18, to murder Samuel Paty, who taughtContinue reading “French Police Raid Homes Of Dozens Of Radical Islamists”
Tesco launches enormous recruitment drive for Christmas
Supermarket colossus Tesco has launched a recruitment drive for Christmas, with 11,000 vacancies available across the United Kingdom. The grocer said positions are available in Superstores, Tesco Extra branches and at warehouses, with jobs to start immediately. The positions came amid hundreds of thousands of redundancies as a result of the pandemic, with the rolesContinue reading “Tesco launches enormous recruitment drive for Christmas”
Prince Harry Snub As Charles Removes Collectable Named After Him From Highgrove
Royal fanatics can buy a ‘William’ teddy bear this Christmas from his father’s Highgrove House, but in the past, Highgrove Enterprises has sold three bears with royal names, William, Harry and Louis, but there will be no Harry’s this year. The £125 alpaca haired bear features a gold embroidered Highgrove logo on its paw andContinue reading “Prince Harry Snub As Charles Removes Collectable Named After Him From Highgrove”
Powerful Voices Now Argue For A More Subtle And Less Distressing Way Of Learning To Live With The Virus
The steps now being imposed on large regions of the country would be severe and difficult to endure if we had grounds to believe that they would do any good. The problem is that we have no shred of tangible proof that they will help at all. The vast illogical web of new rules, increasinglyContinue reading “Powerful Voices Now Argue For A More Subtle And Less Distressing Way Of Learning To Live With The Virus”
For Young Rohingya Brides, Marriage Means a Dangerous, Deadly Crossing
Haresa measured the days by the moon, waxing and waning over the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Her days on the trawler, packed into a space so tight she couldn’t even stretch her legs, seeped into weeks, the weeks into months. Haresa, 18, said of the other refugees on the boat that peopleContinue reading “For Young Rohingya Brides, Marriage Means a Dangerous, Deadly Crossing”
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