It feels as if VE Day veterans have been abandoned to die in care homes, because of 10 years of austerity cuts and privatisation. They should be cared for in Rainbow/Nightingale or established hospitals. But they’re not because some temporary hospitals are still not ready and there are not the staff needed anyway. We were… Continue reading VE Day veterans abandoned to die of Covid-19

Dear JennieI have had many conversations with a lot of members, who are supportive of my personal decision to write to you as a matter of urgency, since I believe steps taken to date in respect of serious allegations are not sufficient. Election of a Labour Government in 2017 would have saved and improved lives,… Continue reading Jennie Formby – Please take further, immediate action against hate speech and potential fraud

Only 14% of people have so far had Covid-19 in a hard hit German town, when expectations are 60% – 80% will get the disease. That means we are in for a long haul. The scientists seem most concerned our herd immunity is a long way off. So we should worry that Ministers look to… Continue reading Is money worth more than lives?

“Britain is paying the price for an overly centralised system that is reluctant to work with the private sector.” At first I thought it just stupid, but it’s actually really quite threatening, heard on 3rd April’s R4 Today programme. The commentator is advocating the system so badly failing the American people, now the Covid-19 epicentre… Continue reading Vultures circling the NHS?

While we are striving to settle the most contraversial issues just now, maybe worth considering the words of Sisie Orbach, by way of context? “With a broken planet, we will have no gay rights, no feminism, no respect for trans people, no attempt at fairness and justice for people of colour.Brutality is only kept at… Continue reading No equality on a dying planet

Watching some aspects of the election with a sort of morbid curiosity, you can’t deny the Tories’ tactics aren’t fascinating. They saw Trump and how he won, looked at our voters, and calculated. They clearly think there is a big enough section of the electorate that will let them do similar. The likes of Rees-Mogg… Continue reading Tories Ape Trump

Amazon forrest is burned and cleared. Powerful insecticide is applied up to nine meters deep to kill everything on or in the land. Huge ships hoover up massive quantities of fish at sea, which are then liquidised and used to fertilise the sterilised land, to grow soya. The soya is harvested and sent to Europe… Continue reading ‪Do you think consuming meat or dairy is OK?‬