Book review. Twyford Rising: Land and Resistance by Helen Beynon with Chris Gillhamby Ian SinclairMorning Star23 February 2021 IN 1989 the Thatcher government announced the “biggest road-building programme since the Romans”. One of the new schemes was the M3 extension past Winchester across Twyford Down. With local groups having fought the planned road for decades […]
“There is no acceptable level of transmission”: Zero Covid campaign interviewby Ian SinclairMorning Star20 January 2021 On 13 January official figures showed a record daily 1,564 new covid fatalities in the UK, shamefully taking the total number of deaths from covid in the country to over 100,000. In response to this ongoing government-made national catastrophe, […]
Eddie Farrell Dear Keir Starmer, As a resident of Camden I despair at the endless economic and physical ravages inflicted on this borough through government covid policy, followed up with the often heedless measures imposed by Camden council who appear hell-bent on destroying the welfare, livelihood and character of the borough. Where I realise a …
Are governments doing enough on the climate crisis? Interview with Climate Action Trackerby Ian SinclairMorning Star23 December 2020 Set up in 2009 by Climate Analytics and New Climate Institute, Climate Action Tracker (CAT) conducts independent scientific analysis that tracks the response by governments across the world to the climate crisis. In particular, CAT measures government […]
Book review: The Media Manifesto by Natalie Fenton, Des Freedman, Justin Schlosberg and Lina Dencikby Ian SinclairPeace NewsDecember 2020 A product of the Media Reform Coalition – a group of academics, activists and journalists working for progressive media reform in the UK – The Media Manifesto is a tightly-argued, inspiring call to action. One of the book’s […]
Groundhog Day: The government’s shameful response to the second COVID surgeby Ian SinclairPeace NewsDecember 2020 The UK government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been a ‘national scandal’, as I wrote in PN six months ago. (See PN 2642 – 2643) Reaching its peak in terms of infections and deaths in March and April, the virus killed an estimated […]
The elite versus the public: the struggle over UK foreign policy by Ian Sinclair Peace News August 2020 After interviewing more than 36 senior officials in the Johnson and Nixon administrations for The War Within, his 1994 book about the movement against the Vietnam War, US historian Tom Wells concluded that ‘the movement played a major […]
How public opposition has forced Tory government U-turns by Ian Sinclair Morning Star 8 July 2020 While there are always some people who are quick to dismiss grassroots activism as ineffective, the last couple of months has provided inspiring case studies showing how protest can have a huge impact on the government and the wider […]
The UK government’s criminally negligent response to coronavirus by Ian Sinclair Peace News June 2020 Due to the extraordinary nature of the crisis, the UK government has had an unprecedented opportunity to control the narrative about their response to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to the daily Number 10 press briefings there has been a […]
Why the government is wrong to say the NHS hasn’t been overwhelmed by Covid-19
by Ian Sinclair
Morning Star
30 June 2020
Appearing on the BBC Today Programme on 6 April the Health Secretary noted a “core goal” during the pandemic was “making sure the NHS isn’t overwhelmed.”
