Analysis: Vaccine Passports Aren’t Just Unfair, They Don’t Work
James Meadway
With vaccines only halving transmission, Boris Johnson risks incentivising superspreader events where variants flourish, argues James Meadway.
Tag: coronavirus
Novara Live: Johnson’s Pingdemic Brings England to Standstill
Johnson’s incoherent plan to allow mass infections while keeping self-isolation in place has brought England to a standstill. How will the pingdemic end?
Novara Docs: Accidental Death of a Black Londoner
In the London Borough of Hackney in the early hours of 22 July 2017 a police officer pursued a young Black man into a convenience store. Within minutes the young man was dead. A Novara Doc in partnership with Shine A Light.
Analysis: Has the Pandemic Shifted Britain Left?
Ell Folan
As we emerge from the pandemic, even the FT is claiming the left has won the argument. Have we really?
Opinion: ‘Freedom Day’ Won’t Set Us Free
Keir Milburn
If we are to solve major global issues like the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis, we must abandon the Tories’ individualistic version of freedom for a model that prioritises the collective, writes Keir Milburn.
Novara Live: Clubs Open and Restrictions Lifted for ‘Freedom Day’
The abandonment of coronavirus restrictions has brought about freedom for some, unfreedom for others, and fear for many more. We discuss the implications of Boris Johnson's 'freedom day' with Deepti Gurdasani. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.
Novara Live: Opposition Mounts to Johnson’s ‘Freedom Day’
It's three days before England removes all restrictions and daily UK cases have just topped 50,000. Are we heading for a catastrophe? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: Universal Credit Is a Symptom of Britain’s Broken Jobs Market
Andrew Fisher
Boris Johnson seems to think that cutting the £20 uplift to universal credit will enable him to create high-paid jobs, writes Andrew Fisher. He's living, as Adam Curtis would say, in a dream world.
Novara Live: Javid Admits Summer Covid-19 Infections Could Hit Millions
Sajid Javid has admitted Covid-19 cases may soon hit a record 100,000 a day. Analysis suggests this could lead to up to 10 million self-isolating in a summer of Covid chaos.
Novara Live: Johnson Announces End of England’s Covid Restrictions
Boris Johnson has confirmed that most remaining Covid-19 restrictions in England will be removed on 19 July. Is this the right move? or is it more government complacency that risks variants emerging? With Ash Sarkar and Dalia Gebrial.
Report: An Eviction Crisis Looms. Can Renters Resist It?
Eloise Barry
A month after the eviction ban ended, renters’ unions are all that stand between some tenants and homelessness. Eloise Barry reports.
Opinion: Rich States Would Rather Let Poor People Die Than Waive Coronavirus Vaccine Patents
Charlie Young
Only 0.8% of people in low-income countries have been vaccinated against Covid-19, versus 42.2% in high-income countries. Charlie Young on how our governments have created vaccine apartheid in the ruthless pursuit of Big Pharma profits.
Opinion: The Tories’ Covid-19 Strategy Pits Young and Old Against Each Other
Ameya Tripathi
The government is using its widely condemned 'focused protection' strategy to stir up a culture of fear between generations in a cynical and dangerous bid to retain political power, writes Ameya Tripathi.
Novara Live: Johnson Announces Covid-19 Restrictions to Continue
Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar respond to Johnson's press briefing confirming a four week delay to further easing of Covid-19 restrictions.
Opinion: Students’ Unions Are Demanding a Covid-19 Discount. They Should Be Demanding Much More
Sarah Cundy
By complaining to the manager, SUs are buying into the logic of marketisation and stifling more radical students' demands, argues Manchester University student Sarah Cundy.
Novara Live: Tories Announce Pathetic Covid-19 Catch Up Plans
The Tories' own education tsar has recommended £15bn will be needed to help fund catch up programmes for kids who missed school due to Covid-19. So why have the government only proposed £1.4bn?
Opinion: Cummings’ Inquiry Hearing Was a Chance for Centrists To Do What They Do Best: Rehabilitate Rightwingers
Jamie Medwell
The man who just a few months ago was public enemy number one is now a harmless whistleblower. It's a frightening sign of how willing the centrist media is to let the right off the hook, writes Jamie Medwell.
Novara Live: Did Covid-19 Leak From a Lab?
The idea that Covid-19 leaked from a Wuhan lab was once dismissed as a conspiracy theory. However, it now has widespread appeal among mainstream politicians and scientists. What changed? We speak to Stephen Buranyi.