The one and only rationale for lockdown 2 is to prevent the NHS becoming overwhelmed. No one cares about deaths.[...]
The lies behind lockdown 2The lies behind lockdown 2
0 Comments 10:22 pmLockdown 2 was justified on the basis of projections of 4000 deaths a day. We were told that Covid was[...]
Coronavirus has exposed Britain’s fetishesCoronavirus has exposed Britain’s fetishes
0 Comments 2:41 pmThe largely reactive response of the UK government to the coronavirus epidemic has laid bare several fetishes which are important[...]
The shift to a totalitarian responseThe shift to a totalitarian response
0 Comments 5:46 amMy previous two articles have raised some questions about the way that the government’s response in the UK to coronavirus[...]
Protect the vulnerableProtect the vulnerable
0 Comments 2:53 pmThis is really a follow-on from my last post discussing the arguments for lockdown v. focus on protecting the vulnerable.[...]
How not to fix CoronavirusHow not to fix Coronavirus
0 Comments 7:13 pmThe UK government’s response to Coronavirus seems to be an excellent model for both Illich’s and Foucault’s analysis of contemporary[...]
False news becoming routine in the liberal pressFalse news becoming routine in the liberal press
0 Comments 10:56 amThis is a story in the Guardian contributed by the US media network Associated Press. It is troubling that the[...]
A cry from the heart of the rain forestA cry from the heart of the rain forest
0 Comments 9:32 amhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/12/western-worldyour-civilisation-killing-life-on-earth-indigenous-amazon-planet[...]
BBC Newsround – doing its bit for capitalismBBC Newsround – doing its bit for capitalism
0 Comments 9:08 amWhile looking for material to use in an EFL classroom I found myself looking at the YouTube channel of the[...]
Political censorship in the UKPolitical censorship in the UK
0 Comments 5:49 pmThis is slightly alarming. I read a story in the Independent today about the so-called Pussey Riot group staging a[...]