It’s now been a year since the first-ever UK lockdown was declared. It was a result of policy failure that this route was chosen. So this is a good time to reflect on the strange moment we’re still living through. The Johnson government wanted to let the virus spread throughout the country to achieve herdContinue reading “Plague Diary: A Year of Lockdown”
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The Losing Side
The British premier can’t be happy with the results of the US election. Boris Johnson’s fantasy of an Anglo-American pivot away from Europe has been dashed. In his rush to the EU’s emergency exit, Johnson fears a Biden presidency because it could mean no free trade deal once we have left. The Biden Administration couldContinue reading “The Losing Side”
Plague Diary: Immune to Corona Extra
The Johnson government may be the most right-wing in modern British history. Yet its disastrous response to the COVID-19 outbreak hasn’t cost it support. What accounts for its continuing popularity? With so many needlessly dying, it stands contrary to reason. Looking for answers, I find myself back on the doorstep in Hendon. We were knockingContinue reading “Plague Diary: Immune to Corona Extra”
Joshua White 