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This latest lockdown should have been the last. It still could be
While the vaccine rollout is welcome, we still need a proper strategy to suppress the virus in order to bring an end the pandemic, says DIANE ABBOTT
NOT A SILVER BULLET: Vaccination with AstraZeneca
by Roger D Harris and John Perry
VINCE MILLS says Scottish Labour has adopted better positions than its Westminster counterpart — but unless it starts to fight for them that will count for nothing
Labour MSP CAROL MOCHAN calls for Britain to follow France’s lead and recognise the Palestinian state as part of efforts to end this war
A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs, writes PABLO MERIGUET
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
BORIS JOHNSON has pledged that this will be the last lockdown. But nothing in his policies justifies that optimism, while it is impossible to call anything he says a pledge.
This latest lockdown could and should have been the last. They are almost universally hated and have closed businesses and undermined jobs and pay. People desperately miss seeing their loved ones.
Despite this, the British public still clearly and decisively prefers to be locked down than the government’s only alternative, which is another premature relaxation of rules, which risks rising new cases, followed by rising hospitalisations and deaths.
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