Schools Out Till Easter?
Government briefings suggest schools will stay closed until Easter. Is this a policy progressives should support? With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and Chloe Tomlinson
Tag: coronavirus
The Rich Are Skipping the Vaccine Queue. What Are We Going to Do About It?
James Meadway
Will the UK Ever Eradicate Covid?
The UK is on target to have vaccinated the most vulnerable in society by mid-February. Can restrictions be relaxed after this point, or should we aim to eradicate the virus altogether? With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.
“This Is the Worst Interview I’ve Ever Seen With a Politician”
Speaking to Good Morning Britain, Health Secretary Matt Hancock gave the worst interview by a politician Aaron Bastani has ever seen. What does it say when after 100,000 people have died a leading politician can get away with such a performance?
Are Covidiots Really to Blame for the Third Wave?
The government’s getting tough on rulebreakers. Why? To deflect from their own mistakes.
Breaking Point
Experts suggest new Covid infections in England may have finally peaked, but with two more weeks of rising hospital admissions expected, can the NHS avoid collapse?
I’m a Care Worker and I’m on Strike – Here’s Why
Andrene
Student Rent Strikers Don’t Just Want a Refund – They Want to Smash Capitalism
Sophie K Rosa
Britain Is Now Fyre Festival
During the Covid pandemic the failures of Britain’s model have become painfully clear, from 80,000 deaths to a test and trace system which isn’t good enough. The latest shambles on free school meals demonstrates that these aren’t the result of a few bad individuals, or random mistakes, but the result of forty years of privatisation […]
Teachers’ Unions Won Big This Week. They’re Just Getting Started
Rivkah Brown
When Will Britain’s Politicians Have the Guts to Take Lessons From Asia?
Aaron Bastani
Johnson Finally Locks Down
Boris Johnson will tonight finally announce a national lockdown. But with hospitals already under more strain than in March, how much has the delay cost Britain?
No More Tiers Left to Try
On a bumper day in British politics, and a crucial one in the fight against coronavirus, Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the mounting pressure on hospitals, new restrictions announced by Matt Hancock, school openings being delayed, the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine being approved and Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal passed by parliament
The Rapid Development of Covid Vaccines Shows How Healthcare Will Completely Change. But Who Will Benefit?
Aaron Bastani
Could ‘Cancelled Christmas’ Help Us Imagine a World Beyond the Nuclear Family?
Sophie K Rosa
Covid Has Exposed Conservatives As Complete Idiots
For years conservative arguments, particularly on social media, have gained increasing traction. But in the context of Covid-19 they are making less sense than ever as they try to make a pandemic which is killing people about free speech and mega-dosing Vitamin C. Aaron watches an interview between two conservative ‘Covidiots’, Paul Joseph Watson and […]
Pariah Nation
A new mutant coronavirus strain means Christmas is cancelled, Britain is locked off from the world, and we might all need strict lockdowns until a vaccine can be rolled out. This is a game-changer. And all while we’re being run a bunch of incompetents. Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss and insane three days in […]
