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The Coronavirus Crisis: The Crisis of Incompetence

Paul Niland, 19 March 2020

Paul Niland explores how the global Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the weakness of populist politics and unprincipled power.

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Argument Brexit, Trump, Russia CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Coronavirus Public Health

You Cannot Sing ‘Rule Britannia’ to a Virus

Musa Okwonga, 19 March 2020

Musa Okwonga on why the British notion of exceptionalism can be seen in the country's handling of the Coronavirus outbreak and why it should just admit that it's not really that rebellious – despite the myths it tells itself.

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Argument CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Coronavirus Public Health

The Coronavirus Crisis: Is £330 Billion Going to Get to the Right People?

Stephen Colegrave, 18 March 2020

Stephen Colegrave investigates whether the new UK Government support package is going to help the working population or just prop up big business.

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Argument CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Coronavirus Economics, Finance and Money Economy Equality and Diversity Health Inequality Public Health Society and Welfare Uncategorized

Stalinist and Reductionist: How the UK Government Created the Worst-Case Scenario

John Ashton, 18 March 2020

John Ashton, the former senior public health director who first questioned the UK Government's response to COVID-19 on the BBC, finds a ray of hope.

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Argument CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Boris Johnson Coronavirus Health Public Health UK Politics

The Coronavirus Crisis: Mistake Over ‘Herd Immunity’ Has Cost Us Vital Time

Mike Buckley, 17 March 2020

Mike Buckley sets out the Government's strategy towards the COVID-19 outbreak so far and explores why its handling of it already raises much bigger questions about the country's governance – concerns which have been there all along.

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Argument Reportage CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Austerity Boris Johnson Brexit Coronavirus Economics, Finance and Money Health Public Health Society and Welfare UK Politics

The Coronavirus Crisis: We Need to Bail Out the British Public

Stephen Colegrave, 17 March 2020

Stephen Colegrave considers those who are vulnerable to the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak and how important it is for the Government to support them.

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Argument CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Class Coronavirus Economics, Finance and Money Economy Equality and Diversity Health Homelessness Inequality Poverty Public Health Social Care UK Politics

The Coronavirus Crisis: Journalists Should Not Pick Sides

Brian Cathcart, 16 March 2020

Brian Cathcart on why reporting that helps people form a balanced understanding of the Coronavirus outbreak so that they can make up their own minds in an informed way is absolutely vital.

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Argument CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Broadcasters Coronavirus Journalism Media Newspapers Public Health

The Coronavirus Crisis: The Danger of America Being a ‘Me’ Country Not a ‘We’ Country

CJ Werleman, 16 March 2020

CJ Werleman explains why a national philosophy of selfishness and a President who willingly spreads disinformation is such as a threat to America as it tackles the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Argument CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Coronavirus Donald Trump Foreign Affairs History Public Health United States of America US Politics

Turkish Delight? Putin and Erdogan’s Complicated Relationship

Stephen Komarnyckyj, 15 March 2020

After the Turkish and Russian Presidents met in Moscow to discuss the situation in Idlib, Stephen Komarnyckyj looks at the current relationship between the two countries.

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Argument Foreign Affairs Iran Russia Syria Turkey Ukraine Vladimir Putin

The Coronavirus Crisis: We Are Right to be Concerned About the Government’s Response

Mike Buckley, 13 March 2020

Mike Buckley explains how Boris Johnson's administration has one of the laxest responses to the pandemic compared to other countries and believes it is unnecessarily putting lives at risk.

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Argument Fact CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Boris Johnson China Coronavirus Foreign Affairs Health Italy Public Health South Korea Taiwan UK Politics

It’s Finally Time for Michael Gove to Come Clean Over Referendum Wrongdoing

Ian Lucas, 13 March 2020

A former MP and member of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee – which investigated disinformation and fake news during the 2016 EU Referendum – calls on the Cabinet Office Minister to reveal what he knew about electoral wrongdoing.

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Argument 2016 EU Referendum Democracy UK Politics

The Coronavirus Crisis: Why Might the UK Government Care More about Markets than Deaths?

Stephen Colegrave, 13 March 2020

As a former consultant to the Department of Health, Stephen Colegrave explains how premature deaths are under-recorded and demands full transparency over government scientific advice.

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Argument CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Boris Johnson Coronavirus Health Public Health UK Politics

GET COVID DONE

Otto English, 12 March 2020

Otto English explores why Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings' supposed strategy of tackling the Coronavirus through the UK population developing 'herd immunity' is so dangerous to us all.

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Argument CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Boris Johnson Coronavirus Dominic Cummings Health Nigel Farage Public Health UK Politics

The Dangerous Duo of Trump and Putin Weaponising Coronavirus Disinformation

CJ Werleman, 12 March 2020

CJ Werleman reports on conspiracy theories that the US is behind the outbreak of COVID-19, the President's spreading of disinformation and Vladimir Putin's interests in adding his trolls into the mix.

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Argument Reportage CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Coronavirus Donald Trump Foreign Affairs Public Health Putin Russia Social Media Tech, Data and Algorithms Trump United States of America US Politics Vladimir Putin

Making Obsolescence Obsolete

Stephen Colegrave, 11 March 2020

Stephen Colegrave considers why today’s EU announcement about sustainable products is an essential first step to combatting our disposable culture.

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Argument Advertising and Marketing Climate Change Environment France Invention and Innovation The European Union Uncategorized

The Daniel Morgan Murder: No Closer to Justice But Corruption Continues its Poisonous Spread

Alastair Morgan, 10 March 2020

On the 33rd anniversary of his brother’s unsolved murder, Alastair Morgan describes how the culture of lies and institutional corruption surrounding the case have infected our media, our politics – and our future.

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Argument Untold Corruption Crime and Justice Law Media Newspapers Policing UK Politics

The Coronavirus Crisis: The Government Must Bolster its Response

James Melville, 9 March 2020

With existing pressures on the NHS, will the health service be able to cope with increased cases of the highly contagious virus?

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Argument CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Coronavirus Health Public Health UK Politics

No Country is Above the Law: US Facing War Crimes Prosecutions in The Hague

Moazzam Begg, 6 March 2020

Moazzam Begg, who spent a year being tortured at Bagram Airbase, looks at the International Criminal Court's renewed investigation of alleged American human rights violations in Afghanistan.

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Argument Afghanistan America Crime and Justice Foreign Affairs US Politics