Fownhope’s Heart of Oak Society traces its roots to the age of friendly societies, when communities provided their own safety net. Its anniversary celebrations reveal a tradition still very much alive, says MARK SEDDON
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With Britain set to have Europe’s worst coronavirus death rate, Boris Johnson is defensively claiming that his government "followed the science.” But did they? SOLOMON HUGHES investigates
PM Alexander 'Boris' de Pfeffel Johnson claps for the NHS
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
THANKS to pressure from Labour, the government has slowly released documents from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), the government’s main source of scientific advice.
These show that government claims to “follow the science” are not really true.
The papers do not tell a simple story of government ignoring good advice — they also show that there were flaws in that advice. But they do show the government lagging behind, misrepresenting or ignoring some of the advice.
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