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John Lubbock

NHS outsourcing associated with higher rise in treatable deaths says Lancet study

John Lubbock
30 June, 2022

A new study from the Lancet shows that deaths from treatable causes have risen in line with increased privatisation spending in the NHS.

Right-Wing Watch

Right Wing Watch Newsletter: Bye Bye By-elections

John Lubbock
29 June, 2022

Last week’s RWW newsletter will be the last one for the moment, but at least the Tories are getting a kicking.

Tories set to appoint more party donors and allies to the House of Lords

John Lubbock
29 June, 2022

The Tories are planning on awarding peerages to a number of loyal allies of Boris Johnson.

The Tories’ ‘Bill of Rights’ will end one of the foundational principles of human rights law

John Lubbock
23 June, 2022

The Bill also sets up future battles with the European Court of Human Rights.

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Why the right wing attacks on the RMT are failing to turn the public against rail strikes

John Lubbock
22 June, 2022

Right wing attacks on rail unions do not seem to be translating into public opposition to the strikes.

Right Wing Watch Newsletter: Forced Free Speech and a Summer of Strikes

John Lubbock
22 June, 2022

Last week’s newsletter looked at the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill, and the coming strikes.

Right wingers say the UK should leave the ECHR – but is that realistic?

John Lubbock
15 June, 2022

As the right wing advocates for leaving the European Court of Human Rights, is this more a reactionary fantasy than a potential reality?

57% of asylum seekers due to be deported to Rwanda are Kurdish

John Lubbock
14 June, 2022

As the UK prepares to deport the first asylum seekers to Rwanda, over half of those likely to be deported are revealed to be Kurdish.

Private healthcare advertising booms amid record NHS waiting lists

John Lubbock
26 May, 2022

There have been hundreds of adverts for private medical companies published on Facebook so far in 2022 targeting users in the UK.

Who is David Canzini, Boris Johnson’s aide who opposes a windfall tax on energy companies?

John Lubbock
24 May, 2022

Canzini is a protégé of Australian elections guru Lynton Crosby and has been called a “hard man”.

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