Arrrgghhh ……….. like a horror film when the character you thought would make it suddenly snuffs it early on, and then in quick succession another victim is claimed before you’ve had a chance to recover from the first; a double shock. With much the same inevitability as a classic horror film’s plot, so calls forContinue reading “Beware: Austerity Zombies Lurk in the Shadow of the Coronavirus Crisis”
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Will the Coronavirus Crisis Help Us See More Clearly?
Most people have encountered Rubin’s vase at some point in their life. Initially you see one clear image, but then another image is perceived at the expense of the first. Once both images are apparent, their imprint on the memory is such that the image will never be observed as it first was, the brainContinue reading “Will the Coronavirus Crisis Help Us See More Clearly?”
Incompetence and Ideology Yes, but Is There Also a Dog Whistle in Johnson’s Coronavirus Response?
Finally the prime minister enacts some fairly unequivocal measures and orders a lockdown of the UK. Across the country a collective sigh of relief was exhaled. In comparison to other countries’ response to Covid 19 we are second only to Italy for the number of deaths from the virus before imposing a lockdown. A troublingContinue reading “Incompetence and Ideology Yes, but Is There Also a Dog Whistle in Johnson’s Coronavirus Response?”
A Laissez Faire Approach to Coronavirus
Boris Johnson and the Tory party’s fatalistic response to COVID19 should not come as a surprise. It is a reflection of the underlying social Darwinism which has always driven their social and economic philosophy. In much the same way as conservative laissez faire ideology considers intervention in the economy to be counterproductive and ultimately aContinue reading “A Laissez Faire Approach to Coronavirus”
From the Outside Looking In 