CLAUDIA WEBBE speaks out against the lethal mechanics of Britain’s culture-war press
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While riding the No 3 bus in Glasgow MATT KERR has ample time to dissect the moribund Scottish Labour decline into near oblivion and watch intriguing bus passenger dynamics
SO the kids are returning to schools. Not in the single “big bang” Prime Minister Boris Johnson wanted but with some staggering at least.
Those on the ground, especially in secondary schools which also have tests to administer, know this makes sense.
Mercifully, Johnson had the sense not to try to enforce all returning at once on March 8 so there was at least some mitigation — though hardly enough.
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