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The government’s Bill in response to coronavirus does not protect against the grave risk of increased hunger, hypothermia, homelessness and, ultimately, insurrection, says LORD JOHN HENDY QC
Lord John Hendy QC
A small Palestinian village is under attack from illegal settlers and the Israeli state to forcibly extend their illegal settlements. It is a template for the future, writes RAMZY BAROUD
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Glasgow will remember the martyrs of the 1787 strike this weekend in speech and song, their spirit is sorely needed today, writes JIM LISTER
THE measures taken in response to the current coronavirus pandemic are remarkable in breadth and depth.
The response to the incidence of preventable death, injury and illness caused by war, hypothermia among the elderly who cannot afford to heat their homes, traffic accidents or influenza are nothing like on the scale we have seen in relation to coronavirus.
Yet many countries are taking similar measures to Britain which otherwise might be regarded as hysteria.
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