‘The virus is not going away. So neither can we’ – Meeting 6.30pm Monday 1 November
Zero Covid Coalition Meeting:
6.30pm Monday 1 November
British Politics
British government wants freedom to commit crimes including murder, ‘worse than Pinochet’
The government’s aim is to remove all legal liability for serious crimes, including murder, committed by the army and other British state forces.
Despite the defeats the Labour left can still fight
The largest scale political and organisational attack on the Labour Party’s left wing since the Second World War is currently unfolding within the party. But despite the defeats that have been suffered the Labour left remains the largest political force engaged in resistance to the Tories’ attacks.
Gas crisis requires windfall tax on pandemic profiteers and faster transition off fossil fuels
The paradox of Boris Johnson’s assertion that the market will sort itself out is that they are in no position politically to allow the market to do that.
We can’t ‘learn to live with’ the virus – online meeting 6.30pm Monday 6 September
The government has effectively shifted to a policy of herd immunity by infection. It is a completely reckless policy, without any mitigations or proper safeguards. Scientists and leading medical professional tells us this cannot work.
Labour should be leading the way on the climate
Labour Leader Keir Starmer has recently staked out a distinct position from the Tory government on climate change, that falls well short of what is needed. Labour proposes that £30 billion is put into a “green recovery” – well below the £85 billion investment proposed by the TUC. There needs to be an unremitting campaign to pressure the government, but Starmer is reluctant to challenge it.