Omicron is not a mild virus
‘What facts have been employed have been cherry picked to tell a hopeful story’
Mike Buckley
There’s a progressive way to live with Covid that includes protecting the most vulnerable
‘A public debate framed around ongoing restrictions versus an unacceptable right-wing conception of ‘living with the virus’ is therefore profoundly unhelpful.’
Mike Buckley: Brexit has reintroduced the psychological borders of the past for Northern Ireland
‘Northern Ireland, so recently freed by a better generation of politicians from the violence that so regularly cost lives and damaged property, cannot afford to go back.’
Mike Buckley: Next 12 months are vital for Alok Sharma and UK’s impact on the climate crisis
‘Keir Starmer should hold Sharma to account and ask him to update both Parliament and the public on progress made between this COP and the next.’
Mike Buckley: COP26 will be written off as a failure by some but that is too simplistic an assessment
‘The world cannot let up on tackling the climate challenge, and that COP26 has enabled progress in significant areas.’
Mike Buckley: How the Labour Party can lead on climate change
‘Labour and other opposition parties should call out Government hypocrisy and double standards but should be wary of making it a partisan issue.’
The UK needs a pandemic preparedness plan to ensure Covid failures are never repeated
‘Scientists are clear that the next pandemic is coming’.
Mike Buckley: To beat Johnson Labour, and other opposition parties, should fight the whole war not the battles
Instead of outrage at each step of Johnson’s Brexit catastrophe, opponents must reveal and fight his whole strategy.
Young French people are increasingly likely to vote for Le Pen. Why? And what can be done?
Macron may make it over the line in 2022. But the long term trends in France are seriously concerning.
Labour cannot be allowed to backtrack when it comes to helping the Global South
If Labour’s view has shifted against debt cancellation, it marks an unwelcome sea change, writes Mike Buckley.