No 10’s Toxic Covid Culture Didn’t Just Vanish With the Tories
Ash Sarkar
Same structural weaknesses.
Tag: covid
Mourn the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living
Eleanor Penny meets Sarah Jaffe
In an era suffused with loss and grief, for the dead and the yet to be born, how do we politicise our mourning? Critic Sarah Jaffe talks about her search for the ghosts of capitalism in her new book, From The Ashes.
How About a Sick Pay System That Doesn’t Make People Sicker?
Charlie Hertzog Young
Paltry payments mean many must work to the bone just to survive.
Monkeypox is Giving Us Another Lesson in Medical Stigma
Dr Rita Issa & Dr Melissa Chowdhury
Looks like we've learned nothing from recent history.
Keir Starmer is Getting a Taste of His Own Cop Medicine
Moya Lothian-McLean
No one likes a snitch.
Boris Johnson Drops ALL Covid Regulations and Support
Boris Johnson has announced the end of all Covid restrictions, and the end of all Covid support. Is this “learning to live” with the virus?
Johnson Should Go – And the Left Should Demand It
Jonas Marvin
No, it wasn’t ‘just a party’.
Is Omicron Already Overwhelming UK Hospitals?
Boris Johnson has said England can “ride out” the Omicron wave. But at what cost will it come to the NHS? We speak to critical care nurse Dave Carr about the strain on Britain’s hospitals.
Will the UK Lockdown Again This Xmas?
Boris Johnson is considering banning household mixing for a month after Christmas. Is it necessary, and why are the government again trading early action for extreme measures later?
The Right Is Destroying Our Freedom and the Left Is Letting It Happen
Richard Seymour
Are we just going to take it lying down?
Johnsons Resists Further Restrictions As Omicron Surges
Government scientists warn the UK could see over a million daily Covid cases within a week, yet Boris Johnson is resisting new restrictions. Is he now delaying the inevitable?
Johnson Ramps up Covid Booster Vaccine Campaign
#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
The Omicron Variant Shows Big Pharma Won’t End the Pandemic
Tim Bierley
So much for corporations saving the world.
Britain Prepares for Omicron
Omicron is here. Is Britain ready? Plus, we speak to Fatima Hassan in South Africa about how vaccine apartheid left us vulnerable to new variants.
Will Boosters Save Us From a Winter Lockdown?
Trials have shown booster shots to be incredibly effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19. Will it be enough to get us through winter without new restrictions?
Boris Johnson Reveals UK Plan for Net Zero
#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
The Worst Public Health Failure Ever
An official report has judged the UK’s delayed lockdown to be Britain’s worst ever public health failure. Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial breakdown the key findings.
Boris Johnson Set to Announce Covid Winter Plan
Johnson’s Covid winter plan includes jabs for teenagers and boosters for the vulnerable, but wider measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus are set to be absent. Will it be enough to avoid another nightmare winter?