The Tories could learn from the EU when it comes to protecting those in low-paid work and the gig economy
‘The European Commission is proposing new laws to protect ‘digital platform’ and precarious workers.’
Left Foot Forward
Moderna and Pfizer shares skyrocket by almost £8bn in week after omicron discovery
The scale of the profiteering from the pandemic by pharmaceutical giants comes amid warnings that coronavirus variants will keep surfacing unless wealthy nations and vaccine manufacturers do more to address vaccination inequity.
Prof Prem Sikka: The Health and Care Bill means entire Hospitals can be handed over to corporations
‘Over the years, the Conservative and New Labour governments have chipped away at the NHS by privatising some of its services, such as physiotherapy and blood-testing’.
Baroness Jones: The police are in thrall to a corrupt government that regards itself above the law
‘Instead of an independent criminal investigation, the police will be relying on the outcome of the report by the Cabinet Secretary to provide them with any ‘evidence’.
Molly Scott Cato: If we are to tackle the climate emergency then we need to fix our broken electoral system
‘Action on climate change is urgent and needs to be radical. Our 18th-century policy system is failing to respond.’
Sun’s deputy editor James Slack accused of attending Downing Street Christmas Party
‘Wonder why the Sun and its deputy editor decided to bury the Lockdown Breaking Party story?’
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.’
Harriet Harman: a legacy of feminist leadership
‘“Trailblazer”, “Glass ceiling smasher”, “Inspiration” are just some of the descriptions of her being shared by Labour colleagues’
Majority of voters want Boris Johnson to quit, opinion polls show
Redfield and Wilton Strategies found that 63 percent of Britons think Johnson should resign as prime minister,
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, December 2021
The news you didn’t see this week…