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Video: S Korea shows what could have been here if Johnson hadn’t ignored WHO – no lockdown and just 47 new cases
Shops open. Schools about to re-open. No healthcare crisis. Just 47 new cases – many of those returning from overseas. All without lock-down South Korea has provided a damning indictment […]
“Are there effective CV treatments or vaccines?” Dr Kailash Chand gives latest info
GP and former deputy chair of the British Medical Association Dr Kailash Chand continues his series of articles to inform and update the public Are there effective treatments for COVID-19? […]
Video: govt says won’t know real deaths until ‘days and weeks ahead’. ONS already says quarter higher than official figs
Steve Powis said in Sunday’s press briefing that scale of deaths outside hospital won’t be known for some time, but ONS already reported a figure almost 25% higher than government’s […]
Exclusive: NHS removing PPE from cleaners, porters; clinical staff sharing visors; no proper PPE in maternity, say staff
Hospitals deny staff claims Staff at two NHS hospital trusts have told the SKWAWKBOX that the government’s continuing inability to provide PPE (personal protective equipment) to hospitals has forced their […]
Sacking Gardiner, Starmer betrays lack of interest in even appearance of unity or appeal to leave towns
Now-former Shadow Climate Change and Trade Secretary is a party loyalist, not a Corbynite, with a record of loyalty to every party leader – and Labour’s best media performer Among […]
It’s time for the left to step up, not move out
Left members will need stand firm and organise to save the party from itself for the sake of the country Labour members have already begun publishing their resignation letters on […]
NEC result shows the left cannot allow old structures to continue to fight over candidates
Momentum’s decision to push its own choice instead of unifying behind a slate has cost the left two seats on Labour’s NEC. Democracy in organising the left vote is essential […]
Labour councillors form socialist campaign group
Councillors form left group as rallying point and sign-post A group of Labour councillors has formed a new group – on similar lines to the Socialist Campaign Group among Labour […]
Don’t know where it’s from, but this summary of the govt’s coronavirus lies is a must-read
List circulating on social media sums up the Tories’ performance so far in a 30-second read The SKWAWKBOX has been unable to identify the author of this list, but it’s […]
How quickly do CV symptoms appear and how long are you infectious? Dr Kailash Chand gives the latest info
How long after infection do symptoms appear? Are people infectious during this time? What about people with no symptoms? Eminent medic Dr Kailash Chand OBE passes on what is known […]