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Post-coronavirus, the UK must find some friends to stand up to China Martin Kettle Covid-19 has seen China supplant the US in the global power league. Alliances are now crucial to reject the superpower’s bullying Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Illustration: Eva Bee Amid the pandemic, the great issues of the […] More
Fauci and heads of CDC and FDA potentially exposed to coronavirus; Boris Johnson to announce UK lockdown changes Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Anthony Fauci and two other top members of the White House coronavirus taskforce will self-quarantine after potential exposure to Covid-19. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters Three members of the White […] More
The right cannot resist a culture war against the ‘liberal elite’, even now Nick Cohen The highest rates of Covid-19 casualties are in countries run by know-nothing populists Coronavirus – latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage A woman holds up a placard at an anti-lockdown, anti-vaccine, anti-5G and pro-freedom protest in London, on […] More
President says Americans ‘have to be warriors’ and US can’t stay closed down Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump has pushed to get the US economy open again, despite more deaths being a likely consequence. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock Donald Trump has again suggested the US may need to accept the reality […] More
Trump is handling coronavirus so badly, he almost makes Johnson look good Jonathan Freedland The only thing protecting the prime minister from harsher criticism of his failures is that the US president’s are even worse Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump at a White House event concerned with protecting older […] More
“Can we please go back to talking about Brexit?” For the past few weeks, I got used to seeing this message on Twitter at least once a day, breaking the monopoly of news about the novel coronavirus. For some, it was a joke, half-nostalgically taking us back to the days when we couldn’t wait for Brexit to be over and the […] More
Piers Morgan, voice of reason? Now I know the apocalypse is nigh Arwa Mahdawi The broadcaster has been praised for his Covid-19 response, even turning on his friend Donald Trump. Shame the racism was not enough Better late than never … Piers Morgan. Photograph: David M Benett/Getty Images The world is upside down. Oil prices […] More
In 1978-79, the United Kingdom experienced the winter of discontent. Trade unions around the country went on strike. On January 22, 1979, the UK experienced the largest strike action since the General Strike of 1926. Even gravediggers and waste collectors joined in, leaving corpses and rubbish piling up. A bitterly cold winter with blizzards and heavy […] More
