Preventing hospital patients and care home residents from seeing visitors, leaving them to die alone, is cruel, inhumane and unnecessary, both now and during the pandemic, doctors have told MPs.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Described by the Telegraph's Neil McCormick as "smart and funny", anti-lockdown musical Scotch Egg is running at the Playground Theatre in London May 4th-7th, 7.30pm each evening plus an extra 3pm Saturday show.
A (well-paid) senior EU official says the continent must accept that the two necessities of life – food and fuel – have been far too cheap for a generation and to save the planet we must all pay more.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Government policies on discharging untested patients from hospital to care homes in England at the start of the Covid pandemic have been ruled unlawful by the High Court.
The NHS may be popular with politicians but it no longer is with the public – and with good reason, according to a new report from think tank Civitas.
Doctors who criticise vaccines or lockdown policies on social media could face being struck off if regulators rule they are guilty of spreading 'fake news', according to new guidance from the GMC.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Dr Colin Alexander of Nottingham Trent University would welcome applications for a PhD programme entitled "Coronavirus Propaganda: Encouraging Public Behaviour within Political Communications".
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