We live in a time of extreme polarisation when everything – even the wearing of a protective face mask – has become political. However, it is also a moment when one of the most powerfully persuasive narratives – that society is just a veneer and one that will break down completely under the least pressure – turned out to be nonsense. The bonds of neighbourhood and community turned out to be a lot more resilient and enriching than in any promised zombie apocalypse. … [Read more...] about A brutal Covid legacy awaits our children. We need the will and ambition to tackle it
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Moves by Kwarteng to attack workers’ rights may well run into a red wall
In the document, Dominic Raab, Priti Patel, Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng – now in the cabinet as foreign secretary, home secretary, trade secretary and business secretary respectively – cast themselves as libertarian “freedom fighters” battling, as Margaret Thatcher once did, to cast the UK less as a donkey in the mould of Winnie the Pooh’s Eeyore and more in the image of a lithe cheetah. … [Read more...] about Moves by Kwarteng to attack workers’ rights may well run into a red wall
Who can he mean? Rupert Murdoch’s youngest son James says there will be a ‘reckoning’ for media who have promoted ‘insidious and uncontrollable forces’ that have left the public ‘believing a falsehood’ after Capitol riots
That does not mean she would oppose seeing her second husband, Alasdair MacLeod, move up the ranks at News Corp - despite her protests about him working with her father, or her offspring - who are Murdoch's three oldest grandchildren - landing nice roles at the company. … [Read more...] about Who can he mean? Rupert Murdoch’s youngest son James says there will be a ‘reckoning’ for media who have promoted ‘insidious and uncontrollable forces’ that have left the public ‘believing a falsehood’ after Capitol riots
Our kids were left unable to eat or walk by Long Covid and treatment was ‘torture’ – but docs don’t know how to help
His pain grew so severe he was hospitalised for three nights, but self-employed Nichola, 44, said: “We were told he was exaggerating his symptoms, that it was probably related to anxiety and he was making it all up. … [Read more...] about Our kids were left unable to eat or walk by Long Covid and treatment was ‘torture’ – but docs don’t know how to help
Kardashian family ‘splash out $300k on 30 ROLEX watches to thank the KUWTK crew’ after filming the final episode following 20 seasons
'After what will be 14 years, 20 seasons, hundreds of episodes and numerous spin-off shows, we are beyond grateful to all of you who've watched us for all of these years – through the good times, the bad times, the happiness, the tears, and the many relationships and children. … [Read more...] about Kardashian family ‘splash out $300k on 30 ROLEX watches to thank the KUWTK crew’ after filming the final episode following 20 seasons
