BEN CHACKO reports on fears at TUC Congress that the provisions in the legislation are liable to be watered down even further

“THERE is … no credible route to a zero-Covid Britain or indeed a zero-Covid world,” Boris Johnson told the House of Commons on February 22.
“We cannot persist indefinitely with restrictions that debilitate our economy, our physical and mental wellbeing, and the life chances of our children.”
To confirm, a zero-Covid strategy aims for the total elimination of Covid. Many people may be confused, thinking: “Isn’t this exactly what the government has been trying to do since the start of the pandemic?”

Reviews of new releases by Jens Lekman, Big Thief, and Christian McBride Big Band

IAN SINCLAIR reviews new releases from The Beaches, CMAT and Kathleen Edwards

From training Israeli colonels during the slaughter to protecting Israel at the UN, senior British figures should fear Article 3 of the Genocide Convention that criminalises complicity in mass killing, writes IAN SINCLAIR

New releases from Cassandra Jenkins, Ryan Davis & the Roundhouse Band, and Case Oats