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Covid19 makes the case for Universal Basic Income unarguable
Well it’s no surprise that we are once again teetering on the brink of a national lockdown in England, after yet another unnecessary delay which will lead to the death of thousands of people, either directly from Covid or as … Continue reading
Posted in coronavirus, covid19, Uncategorized, Universal Basic Income
Tagged covid19, lockdown, Universal Basic Income
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Six visitors for you, Thirty grouse shooters for me. Counting the iniquity of the new covid laws
The figures for positive covid-19 tests have been climbing inexorably since a lull in the summer. Figures of 3000 new cases a day, despite the shambolic breakdown in testing carried out by the private sector (Pillar 2), look very much … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, climate change, coronavirus, covid-19, grouse shooting, tax havens
Tagged Boris Johnson, covid19, grouse shooting, Rule of Six, tax havens
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A Tale of Two Speeches – Gramsci, Newts and the Instrumentarians
As we finally reach the point where the first wave of covid19 has effectively passed (excess deaths in the week to the 19th June were the same as the 5 year average – 65000 dead so far), it’s clear that … Continue reading
Coronavirus diary: the Freeloader Problem
It’s Magic Monday, or Happy Monday or whatever new slogan has been dreamt up by Dom Cummings and his Vote Leave team in Downing Street to distract us. How quickly things change. Just last December Cummings and his libertarian band … Continue reading
Posted in coronavirus, Dominic Cummings, free-loaders, libertarians
Tagged coronavirus, Dominic Cummings, free-loaders, libertarians, lockdown
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A few thoughts on how Coronavirus might reshape the UK
I’ve been putting off writing this blog, but after the weekend’s Cummings and Goings, there was a certain inevitability that it had to be written. The question I keep asking myself, as I am sure many of you are also … Continue reading
Reflections on VE Day 75
Lightnings and Vulcans Growing up under the only occasionally used flightpath to Buckingham Palace, every Queen’s Birthday, we would go up to The Green, just in time to see the flypast. I remember going with my dad, who had done … Continue reading
Posted in coronavirus, far right, Fascism, VE day
Tagged coronavirus, exceptionalism, the Blitz, VE day
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Coronavirus Diary; the Solace of Nature
When I went to let the chickens out first thing this morning, there it was, a familiar sound. No, it wasn’t yet another Blackcap pretending to be a Garden warbler. It was the drone. The hum, the incessant background noise. … Continue reading
Posted in coronavirus, covid-19, Nature, solace of nature, Uncategorized
Tagged bluebells, care homes, covid19, PPE, spring
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Coronavirus Diary: Performing Lockdown.
News that farmers and other landowners were starting to erect home made notices telling visitors using public rights of way that they were closed due to coronavirus naturally led to a sense of righteous indignation rising inside me, and I … Continue reading
Coronavirus diary: the Virus that did a no-deal Brexit on our food supply
It seems inconceivable that it was only a year ago (tomorrow) when the UK was due to crash out of the EU under a no deal Brexit. Thankfully that crisis was averted. Leading up to that momentous non-event, I wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, coronavirus, Food, food security
Tagged coronavirus, food supply, no deal brexit, rationing
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Coronavirus diary: Libertarians, Pandemics and Populism
I had a bit of a cough yesterday. My wife and younger daughter had been ill the previous week with a typical winter bug. Was I fighting it off, or was it the beginnings of the dreaded coronavirus-19? Many thoughts … Continue reading
Posted in coronavirus, Dominic Cummings, populism
Tagged coronavirus, Dominic Cummings, libertarians, populism, Tufton Street
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a new nature blog 