Stifling debate, calling out or “cancelling” people who do not agree with them and having them removed from employ, or frightening them into passivity, are tools, and maybe objectives, of…
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“… technology has the ability to bring out the worst in society, and the worst in society is the existential threat.”
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The week starting 9 November was memorable: vaccines for Covid-19(CV) are on their way, if not quite here, and there has been a major advisory shake-up at No.10 Downing Street,…
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BEING AN INFORMER “Police chiefs have called on the public to report breaches of lockdown restrictions, saying it was their civic duty”- The Times of 29 October. In the UK,…
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Some 75 million votes, more than for any previous President, were cast in favour of Democrat Joe Biden who is to be the next president of the United States. Many…
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The second national lockdown in England announced on 31 October is happening, says Boris Johnson, because there is no alternative to slow down Covid-19 (CV). One real alternative to national…
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Located on the hillside of Bowness by Lake Windermere, Linthwaite House Hotel is a 1920s building modernised and maintained in great condition. Spacious grounds include a small boating “lake”. Part…
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FREE SCHOOL MEALS AND POVERTY Free school meals are once again at the top of the political menu in Covid-19 (CV) times, a political football. Marcus Rashford, an international footballer…
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WHO GOVERNS? Concern over the stability of the Union which makes up the UK has occupied many commentators in recent weeks, in the light of Covid-19 (CV) politics. As part…
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DO ADVISERS OR GOVERNMENT DECIDE THE STRATEGY? For any government, dealing with Covid-19 (CV) is like Sisyphus pushing his rock up the mountain only for it to roll back down…