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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/07/we-need-to-build-on-the-furlough-scheme-not-cut-it-to-avoid-mass-unemployment A Return to the 80's for the UK? This article, rightly, makes the point that forcing people back to work during a pandemic when the status of who's been infected, who hasn't and if there is anyone resistant to Covid-19 is unknown. That's before we understand exactly what a second and third wave of this will be like and do to the wider community. ​ However, the line that really chimed with me was the opening one: ​ "A senior government source warned yesterday that people are “addicted” to the furlough scheme. “We have to get people back to work,” he said. ​ If you are outside the UK and younger than I, to be honest, that's probably 90% of those reading this, you may not be familiar with the modern industrial history and why a stupid, crass and clearly ignorant comment like that from the ruling class would "chime...

Happy Birthday, Karl Marx  Karl Marx at 200 - 2018 NYT Article of the bicentenary of the most remarkable political philosopher in the, let me see, oh, yes, roughly last two hundred years! Submitted May 05, 2020 at 04:49PM by Tommy__Douglas https://ift.tt/2WsWwcK

Grant Shapps Tells Public It Will All Go Back To Normal This is an interview g iven by Grant Shapps , transport secretary during which he muses on the notion of sending kids back to school in June. Your government is putting money and power ahead of lives. The soft soaping of the questions doesn't help to get to the truth of the matter. There is one reason they want to get children back to school and it has nothing to do with educating our children. They need them to go back to school to free up Mum and Dad to go back to work but more than that when your kids are going to school and there is a routine everything APPEARS to be 'normal'. If it appears normal people will start to believe it is and return to what they have known their entire lives, work. At no point when this ghoul is talking about kids going back to school does he acknowledge or warn of the real issue. He couches what he says in terms of children being safe from Covid-19. Whilst as a parent my...

​ https://preview.redd.it/slab9xmw4ew41.png?width=971&format=png&auto=webp&s=1040b9bd410fced420dc96a8ae1d83496beb793a https://youtu.be/cJ88x7cNXwo Hi all, ​ The death of 22 people at the hands of one person seems to be impossible. Except, of course, if you have a semi-automatic rifle that can be capable of firing 600 rounds per minute. Then it could only take 3 seconds to mow down 22 people. ​ I will not give the individual responsible for this barbaric action any coverage here by naming them or describing their actions. The only people that should be spoken of are the people that lost their lives, their families and the wider society that will be traumatised by a loss of life so egregious that even during a time of pandemic it is still startling, stunning and horrifying. ​ However, there is something that has instantly come from this tragedy which I need to mention. ​ The reaction of the Canadian government to this situation is the right one. If you can clearl...

Title Page Graphic The Guardian, 01 May 2020, Revealed/NHS Procurement Official Privately Selling PPE ​It was only a matter of time before this sort of story became headline news. ​ I am sure this will be seen in some quarters as 'just someone making a living during these hard times'. Except that this is someone involved in procurement at what the Guardian identifies as a 'senior official'. ​ I know this is the 'natural' outcome from capitalism but I can only hope some good will come from this. That anyone that is on the fence as to whether capitalism really would trade peoples lives and safety for money will finally have that question answered. ​ I sincerely hope this guy doesn't have any family that is dependent on the likes of my wife who is on the front line of a Covid-19 ward. Let's hope that the nurse or doctor that could have been treating one of his loved ones isn't themselves sick from Covid-19 due to not having the right PPE or fo...

Hi there, Have you ever been trying to find some information about Left Wing politics that you just couldn't find? ​ Found yourself with a ton of disparate links that have bits and pieces of what you want but not quite what you need? ​ Been trying to get a picture of what group is what school or discipline of left-wing politics but not able to piece it together? ​ Yeah? Me too! ​ This project is an attempt to provide a central repository for the left online no matter the 'school' or 'discipline'. This subreddit is not the actual repository but a way to build a team that can work together to ultimately design, develop, deliver and maintain the 'library' itself. ​ I appreciate that this is a big undertaking. So, it is not something that I could do alone, nor would I want to. Any good central source of information usually comes from a dedicated team that all have something unique to offer whilst working towards a common goal but over quite a period ...

CNN, stop with the easy 'Trump is an idiot' line and start reporting the bigger issue, CAPITALISM from r/Left_Wing_Info_Centre  Here comes the bit where I ask for your help. To help the channel survive, consider a one-off donation by: Buying me a coffee at - ko-fi.com/partypoliticalpuffin or Single one-off payment - paypal.me/partypoliticalpuffin or One-off or ongoing support: Choose a Maslow level at - patreon.com/partypoliticalpuffin The channel can go from strength to strength with your support. Please look in on us at the following: youtube: http://bit.ly/PartyPoliticalPuffinonYouTube twitter: https://twitter.com/PuffinPolitics podcast: bit.ly/PartyPoliticalPuffins-Podcast patreon: https://www.patreon.com/partypoliticalpuffin

Fear, terror and horror seem to be the norm. At least if you are an NHS family.  Fear at what could happen to your loved one, the terror as these thoughts creep up on you. The horror of what awful outcome could await. Any family member of someone working for the NHS will happily tell you how proud they are of them. They are smart, strong, confident, diligent and of course, caring. These all go to make up the person that you love, that you admire that you are so, so very proud of. Is that what makes us the most proud? Well, it would be a lie to say it didn't go a long way but these wonderful people do a demanding job, over long hours, in not great conditions for money that they could earn in other, less demanding roles. Above those remarkable qualities there are other things that make them stand out, that make us so proud of them. Selflessness, bravery and the fact that their vocation is given to anyone that needs it and it is given freely to their community. Our children have the m...

Headlines From the UK, US and around the World - 31 March 2020 New blood test can detect 50 types of cancer System uses machine learning to offer new way to screen for hard-to-detect cancers   Dr Geoffrey Oxnard of Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, part of Harvard Medical School, said the test was now being explored in clinical trials. Here comes the bit where I ask for your help The most tangible way you can show your support is through Patreon . If you could consider helping the channel in all it's variety with a membership it would help to fund improvements. The channel can go from strength to strength with your support.  Please look in on us at the following: youtube: http://bit.ly/PartyPoliticalPuffinonYouTube twitter: https://twitter.com/PuffinPolitics podcast: bit.ly/PartyPoliticalPuffins-Podcast patreon: https://www.patreon.com/partypoliticalpuffin

Headlines From the UK, US and around the World for 30 March 2020 As always, whatever the time is with you, I hope you are having a good day. Please look after yourself, your family, friends and loved ones. All the best, Dave Here comes the bit where I ask for your help. The most tangible way you can show your support is through Patreon. If you could consider helping the channel in all it's variety with a membership it would help it survive and fund improvements. The channel can go from strength to strength with your support. Please look in on us at the following: youtube: http://bit.ly/PartyPoliticalPuffinonYouTube  twitter: https://twitter.com/PuffinPolitics podcast: bit.ly/PartyPoliticalPuffins-Podcast patreon: https://www.patreon.com/partypoliticalpuffin

Todays Summary of Headlines From the UK, US and around the World for 28 March 2020 Have a look at the webpage that the podcasts are hosted on. I'd like to keep on doing these as I've got some ideas on how better to use them for you the audience and for me to be able to get across ideas and paint a picture with words. https://bit.ly/PartyPoliticalPuffins-Podcast As always, whatever the time is with you, I hope you are having a good day. Please look after yourself, your family, friends and loved ones. All the best, Dave Here comes the bit where I ask for your help.  The most tangible way you can show your support is through Patreon.  If you could consider helping the channel in all it's variety with a membership it would help to fund improvements.  The channel can go from strength to strength with your support.  Please look in on us at the following:  youtube: http://bit.ly/PartyPoliticalPuffinonYouTube   ...

It has been difficult to realise the original vision of what the channel would look like. Originally, the thought was that a 'Daily News' article would go up on YouTube every day, giving an overview of the days news. The channel would also provide a weekly 'Opinion' piece at the weekend. The 'enthusiastic' view of being able to get this done was just that, enthusiastic, but it wasn't realistic. With the channel just starting and having to be organised, the fact that I am just one person, for the moment and all the technicalities of getting pieces up, there just wasn't the time to do all of this. As those of you that have see the YouTube videos will be aware, they go quite in depth in an attempt to cater for those of us that do not spend every waking minute reading, listening to or watching some sort of news content. I wanted to make sure that if people didn't quite get some of the nuance or terminology or background to a piece then they woul...