The Tories cannot be allowed to scrap free travel for under 18s in London
The government approach to the Covid-19 pandemic has become as muddled as it is dangerous. From today, some…
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Where is Boris Johnson’s “world-beating” test and trace system?
Coronavirus restrictions are being lifted from today, and yet the conditions that we were told would be in…
Clapping for our carers must be matched by meaningful action
I hosted a meeting on Zoom last week with frontline care workers who were so worried about the…
Scotland’s care workers deserve better
The sombre evidence that has stacked up over the last ten weeks reveals that the social care sector…
WATCH: Five times government ministers dropped the ball this week
1. Matt Hancock laughing about failures in the Covid-19 response. On Thursday morning, Hancock laughed aloud when being…
Why Suella Braverman must go
Last Saturday, immediately after the Dominic Cummings story broke, and in a carefully choreographed social media campaign, a…
Should coronavirus lockdown measures be lifted now?
The coronavirus press conferences have become markedly worse. Two months ago, I wrote that these events were “becoming torturous…
One rule for Johnson’s elite friends, another for the rest of us – Ashworth’s Covid-19 update
Dominic Cummings has undermined the most crucial public health advice in over 100 years, and Boris Johnson is…
Starmer’s appointments send a message: the days of class war are over
The appointment of David Evans as Labour’s new general secretary is a huge win for Keir Starmer. A…
Anti-elitism? The irony of the Cummings story
Dominic Cummings has betrayed the very people in the North East who put their faith in his campaign…
