The Coronavirus Crisis

CJ Werleman explores how the gross mismanagement of the Coronavirus’ second wave in India may have created serious problems for Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist-populist Government

John Lubbock explains how the Coronavirus pandemic has unravelled the Government’s glib commitment to openness over public contracts

The ultimate cost of corruption, incompetence, division and myth is always there, waiting to be brought home – as it has been for too many people in India and around the world during the Coronavirus pandemic, writes Hardeep Matharu

Professor John Ashton reflects on what the COVID-19 pandemic has taught the UK about public health

Reverend Joe Haward explores what is motivating anti-lockdown protestors and how the elderly and those with underlying health conditions are their ultimate targets

Matt Hancock’s department was forced to pay a large settlement to a company after deciding to pull out of a ‘Test and Trace’ deal, reports Stephen Delahunty

Companies that aim to influence government policy have been awarded deals worth billions in recent years

Maheen Behrana doubts whether Keir Starmer’s new barb will resonate with the general public

A groundbreaking study into the psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on NHS workers finds that PPE shortages were associated with severe mental health symptoms, Sian Norris reports

From “she’s buying gold wallpaper” to “let the bodies pile high”, questions must be asked about the priority the Prime Minister gave to the pandemic when it emerged last year – at the same time as he was worrying about matters closer to home

A company founded and owned by Lord Brownlow has been awarded access to public contracts

Monica Piccinini reports on the increasing infection and death rates in Brazil from new Coronavirus variants and the lack of Government action

Tom Charlesworth speaks to the COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK group about the Prime Minister's refusal to meet with it and the National COVID Memorial Wall it has created to honour each victim of the virus

Nafeez Ahmed reveals the links between an open letter claiming COVID-19 is a mild disease to pandemic disinformation networks and anti-vaccine propaganda

From Leveson to Brexit, phone-hacking to Cambridge Analytica, Peter Jukes sees a consistent theme – parties on the run from the rule of law. And how Dominic Cummings could end the cycle of corruption

Mike Buckley explores how the Government is taking a big risk in staking Britain’s return to normality almost solely on vaccines

What links the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy to Coronavirus denial? Otto English has found a pattern...

Some sections of the mainstream media are downplaying or distorting claims that the Prime Minister voiced a stark disregard for people’s lives during the Coronavirus crisis, says Sam Bright

With the spread and impact of the Coronavirus reaching alarming levels in India and Brazil, Kimi Chaddah explores how Narendra Modi, Jair Bolsonaro and Boris Johnson failed their countries but kept their popularity

Justin Welby's suggestion corrupt politicians should be forgiven misses the need for reparations in Christian teaching, explains Reverend Joe Haward