There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
As teachers, we have a duty to safeguard the children in our care – not put them at risk of Covid-19
Education unions must continue to put pressure on the government to keep schools shut until they meet the ‘five tests’ for safety, says ROBERT POOLE
Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DR DYLAN MURPHY looks at a Big Brother Watch report which exposes the government as an enabler of DWP secret spying on benefit claimants
The EU faces a critical choice: will it remain in the shadow of an increasingly unreliable US ally, or will it forge its own path in a multilateral world where co-operation with China is essential, asks MARC VANDEPITTE as leaders meet for the EU-China Summit
A lot of discussion about how the left should currently organise – including debate on whether the Green Party is a useful vehicle for advance – runs the risk of refusing to engage with or learn from the reasons the left was defeated previously, argues KEVIN OVENDEN
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
WITHIN an hour of Prime Minister Boris Johnson making his announcement on Sunday night, nearly 50,000 teachers responded to a survey by the National Education Union with a resounding No to the government’s plans to reopen schools.
A staggering 85 per cent of members said that they disagreed with the plans to restart lessons for reception, year one and year six from June 1.
Parents have also taken to social media to question how schools might stop the spread of Covid-19 when they struggle to stop the spread of nits. How can you enforce social distancing with a five-year-old?
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