“The president and his advisers are debating whether it is worth infecting and killing larger numbers of people in order to keep as much of the economy going as possible, and therefore minimise the catastrophic damage to both profits and the wider integrity of the system.”
Analysis
The lockdown is on. The government has finally done what should have happened weeks ago. Now we are running to catch-up, and the government has to run much faster. Both governments, I should say. The Scottish Government has acted in unity with the UK Government, and as such has also been utterly inadequate so far. Without doubt […]
Lockdown: Why citizens must hold government to account
There will be no criticisms today (many of you will be relieved to read…). The situation is so urgent we just need to understand what is ahead of us and organise ourselves to deal with it as effectively as possible. To explain what’s ahead, look at the case of Italy. The country had its first COVID-19 death […]
Save lives and reduce hardship – nothing else matters
Here is the plain reality of the economic situation. The economy is going to be to one extent or another shutdown for months. We don’t know to what extent, and we don’t know how many months. But we know that the economy we have is sufficiently fragile that it can’t go on like that for […]
Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay
An extremely serious, historic mistake has been made. After venturing out on its own in the world with a uniquely laissez-faire approach that did not do the basic things that the World Health Organisation has pleaded with governments to do like tracking and testing people with Coronavirus, the Government completely U-turned last night, based on a […]
U-Turn: 5 questions for the Scottish Government now
“We might all have to start getting used to leading from the bottom, especially if government won’t lead from the top.”
Morning analysis: Terrible choices
“The governance failure on Coronavirus up to this point – at every level – is so huge that it’s our duty to question”
Morning analysis: “The science will tell us where and when”
CHANCELLOR Rishi Sunak – not a month into the job – will deliver today’s Budget 2020 in exceptional circumstances.