By Rusere Shoniwa First published at https://plagueonbothhouses.com On 12 October, a House of Commons Joint Committee published the first report, ‘Coronavirus: lessons learned to date’, on the government’s handling of the pandemic. The findings are disappointing but unsurprising. Flying in Read more…

By Rusere Shoniwa First published at https://plagueonbothhouses.com/ It is, or perhaps was, a truism that the role of journalism and the media is to expose society’s ills. Journalistic truth that holds power to account is the first step in lancing Read more…

By Simon Goddek http://www.goddeketal.com/journalism-in-crisis/ The current COVID crisis goes hand in hand with journalism. A bubble of complacent journalists writes what is expected of them and what grants them applause from their own profession and the political and social elite Read more…

By Peter Loo Demonstrations, marches and rallies opposing mandatory vaccinations, vaccination passports and continued lockdown restrictions are currently taking place all over the world. The Freedom March in London at the end of June drew hundreds of thousands of protestors. Read more…

By Rusere Shoniwa First published at https://plagueonbothhouses.com In the digital age, destroying truth and liberty will be a far less messy business than in the old book-burning days but, paradoxically, far more effective. We can’t rule out some marching of Read more…