Quiz | February
I used to think that February was the worst month, now every month feels like an endless February
Month: February 2021
How Matt Hancock broke the law | And why it matters
Matt Hancock was found this week to have broken the law by failing to publish the details of contracts awarded without competition for goods and services such as personal protective equipment (PPE) needed during the covid-19 pandemic. This is the first of a series of Judicial Reviews by an eccentric group of lawyers called The… Read More How Matt Hancock broke the law | And why it matters
How the Government will mess up the NHS | Centralisation not privatisation is the problem
The Government has announced it’s new plans for NHS reform, the draft of which was leaked a week or 2 ago. Fuck is a strong word for a headline, but I am afraid that’s what is about to happen. The Lansley reforms of the NHS will be reversed, along with almost all of the internal… Read More How the Government will mess up the NHS | Centralisation not privatisation is the problem
Maureen Colquhoun RIP | The world before woke | Updated
Maureen Colquhoun died this week aged 92. She was the first openly gay MP in the modern era. This might come as a surprise to a lot of people who believed that the first MPs to come out were Chris Smith for Labour and Matthew Parris for the Conservatives, in the 1980s. Maureen Colquhhoun was… Read More Maureen Colquhoun RIP | The world before woke | Updated
Did Brexit help Britain succed at vaccinations? | How the UK went from the worst performing country in Europe to the best
Did Brexit help Britain succeed at Vaccinations? Did it help us do better than the EU? No. Britain’s success on vaccination has nothing to do with Brexit, not matter how many flags people wave Britain performed catastrophically badly on Covid in 2020 because the Government put their mates in charge of it, who outsourced it… Read More Did Brexit help Britain succed at vaccinations? | How the UK went from the worst performing country in Europe to the best