A new book outlines the mistakes and missteps that made UK pandemic worseThere was a distinctive moment, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, that neatly encapsulated the mistakes and confusion of Britain’s early efforts to tackle the disease, says M…
Keir Starmer is making headway, but has he got enough to worry the Tories? | Anne McElvoy
With a seven-point poll lead and a bolstered shadow cabinet, the Labour leader is finally making his markIf champagne socialism did not have such a bad rap, there should be a decent bottle or two open at Keir Starmer’s place this new year weekend. The …
After rightwing attacks on rescues, UK lifeboat charity has record fundraising year
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has had ‘significant’ increase in annual donations after it went to the aid of asylum seekersThe Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is on course for the highest annual fundraising total in its near 200-ye…
The Observer view on Britain’s climate crisis targets | Observer editorial
The UK’s green energy initiatives are failing just at the moment when we hold the leadership of Cop26Britain’s electricity generation went through an unfortunate phase last year. According to the UK-based website Carbon Brief, it got dirtier for the fi…
The Observer view on UK politics in 2022 | Observer editorial
It’s too early to write off Boris Johnson, but the prime minister is definitely on the ropesThe contrast between the upbeat tone of the prime minister’s new year message and the political cloud hanging over him as he goes into 2022 could not be starker…
【佐藤優】2022年に注目すべき3つのキーワードは「第三次世界大戦・中小企業・論理力」
佐藤優さんが注目する3つのキーワードから、2022年の世界と日本の動向を探ります。政治、経済、生活など、さまざまな分野で見通しが厳しい、と語る佐藤さんが注目するキーワードとは？
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トマ・ピケティ「私たちは今、フランス革命が起こる前と同じような状況にある」 | 社会は私が言う方向に進んでいる
「格差」を専門とするフランスの経済学者トマ・ピケティ。著書『21世紀の資本』でも知られる彼は、現在の社会とフランス革命時代を対比する。かつて貴族が税金を払いたがらなかったように、現代では巨大な多国籍企業、富裕層が自分たちの利益を守ろうと策を凝らしているからだ。 私たちに、この不平等な体制を変えること…
Johnson lists returning crowns to pint glasses as a key Brexit success
New year message makes no mention of Northern Ireland amid boasts of ‘cutting back on EU red tape’Boris Johnson has named returning the crown stamps to pint glasses and scrapping a ban on selling goods in pounds and ounces on his list of the “key succe…
Lib Dems set sights on Tory seats in south of England
Candidates to be placed in 30 constituencies where party would need 12% swing to topple sitting ToryThe Lib Dems have identified 30 Tory seats mostly in the south of England where they want to “turn the blue wall yellow” at the next election, including…
Seamus Jennings on Boris Johnson going into the new year – cartoon
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