For two years the covid pandemic dominated our news, shocking us with the impact of its spread and the variation in policy responses from different […]
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Covid and Boris – the future
Covid infections rising. The launch of a public inquiry into the handling of covid. Prime Minister Boris Johnson facing more questions. Halfway through 2022 it […]
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Boris Johnson responsible for rule breaking during covid
Senior civil servant Sue Gray’s report into Partygate says Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other senior officials “bear responsibility” for a culture of rule-breaking at […]
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Police end Partygate rule breaking investigation
London’s Metropolitan Police announced on 19 May the end of their investigation into rule breaking at covid 19 lockdown parties in Downing Street.Number 10 Downing […]
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UK government hospital discharge policy unlawful
UK government policies of discharging patients from hospital to care homes in England without testing for covid at the start of the Covid pandemic in […]
Read morePM Boris Johnson fined for breaking covid rules
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been fined for breaking covid laws which prevented millions of Britons from seeing their families and friends or visiting dying […]
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Hidden agendas
Amidst the confusion and controversy wrought by the coronavirus – and then by the war in Ukraine – Boris Johnson’s government kept pushing its longer […]
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Covid, the media, and Boris Johnson
Covid and parties. The year began much like 2021 ended – Prime Minister Boris Johnson struggling to manage a spreading covid pandemic as more media […]
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Covid – a torrid December 2021
Record high infections, rising hospital admissions, a shortage of covid tests, a government resisting calls for tighter precautions. The data was unclear and incomplete. The […]
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Another Covid Christmas?
Covid infections rising, hospital admissions up, more deaths, the worst record for covid cases and deaths in western Europe. And the UK government again resisting […]
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Covid, cash and contracts
The covid pandemic cost an estimated £370 billion in government spending from March 2020 to September 2021 said the UK National Audit Office, the UK’s […]
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Parliamentary inquiry into government handling of covid
The UK government handling of the covid pandemic in 2020 and 2021 was one of the “most important public health failures” in UK history. That […]
Read moreCovid – summer 2021
“Freedom Day” came to the UK on July 19 2021. It marked the end of more than six months of lockdown with the removal of […]
Read moreUNESCO highlights need for safety of foreign correspondents
UNESCO released a report on the safety – and increasing threats to it – for foreign journalists. The report at the end of July 2021 […]
Read moreMisuse of Covid 19 measures
The coronavirus pandemic marked a worrying new wave of serious threats and attacks on media freedom in Europe warned the Council of Europe Platform to […]
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