The NHS has been set up to fail
Giuseppe writes of the NHS in crisis due to poor government decisions.
Read moreGiuseppe writes of the NHS in crisis due to poor government decisions.
Read more'Putin the new tsar', a book by Steven Lee Myers
Read moreAn analysis by Giuseppe Bignardi on what we can learn from the war in Ukraine. Both the EU and Nato...
Read moreThe Assault on Truth is a book by Peter Osborne which takes a look at Johnson, Trump and others, truths,...
Read moreGiuseppe Bignardi considers the impact and possible consequences of the decision to lift all Covid restrictions.
Read moreScandals around Boris Johnson range from favouritism to Wallpapergate and Partygate. All were entirely foreseeable.
Read moreWhat is the situation with the new Omicron variant? And what are our Covid lessons for England in 2022? Giuseppe...
Read moreGiuseppe Bignardi writes about some of the wealth of Christmas food traditions in different parts of Italy.
Read moreBoris Johnson has declared victory against Covid on a few occasions now, but Covid doesn't seem to have heard
Read moreWhat can we do to fight climate change? Giuseppe Bignardi makes some practical suggestions
Read moreGiuseppe Bignardi reviews Instructions on how to become a fascist by Michela Murgia. For example, blame ALL politicians...
Read moreThe NHS is in crisis. The government has mismanaged Covid and Brexit has not helped. An analysis by Giuseppe Bignardi.
Read moreCan the shortage of lorry drivers and other workers turn us into a country with high productivity, as claimed by...
Read moreMy impression is that vaccine hesitancy is a greater problem in Italy.
Read moreGiuseppe Bignardi assesses where we are in the UK in how we continue to deal with the pandemic: the issue...
Read moreThe impact of Brexit and Covid
Read moreGiuseppe Bignardi considers the Prime Minister's decision to remove all restrictions at a time of rising infections.
Read moreHow many more variants of concern are we going to see?
Read moreTo understand how important asylum-seekers and migrants are, we need to look no further than our Cabinet Ministers!
Read moreIf freeports were such a good solution, why we have not tried them before? Sadly, the answer is that we...
Read moreGiuseppe Bignardi writes about the roll-out of vaccines across the world.
Read moreIf Brexit had to happen, the most sensible way would have been to remain in the single market.
Read moreThe starting point in the author’s analysis is that Donald Trump’s election was the consequence of dissatisfaction.
Read moreThe EU argues that there needs to be reciprocity and proportionality to make sure there is an equitable distribution of...
Read moreThe government has failed to put together a plan to rescue the social care sector, despite Boris Johnson’s claim in...
Read moreIt is good to have a roadmap, but is it wise to have dates if we are really going be...
Read moreBoris Johnson’s government has fared badly in this pandemic, mostly because of delays in introducing restrictions and a dysfunctional privatised...
Read moreCountries acting individually will not deliver the number of vaccines the world needs (Zosia Kmietowicz in the British Medical Journal...
Read moreDo vaccines produced in a country ‘belong’ to that country, until all needs of that country have been satisfied?
Read moreBoris’ father is an advocate of the freedom of movement within the EU. How can we explain Boris Johnson’s political...
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