Posted on: May 12, 2019

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Stories of the week

 

 

Brexit

Reports this week claimed that dozens of millionaires, many of whom supported the referendum, are leaving the UK because of Brexit.  Rats and sinking ships come to mind. Speaking of which, a crowdfunded campaign to launch a prosecution against Boris Johnson for lying about the £350m per week payments to the NHS on the side of the bus? Remember that bus?  It looks like it’s coming back for Boris.

Cross-Party talks appear to be coming to an end with no compromise or agreement in sight. This puts the potential for a second referendum or people’s vote right back on the table which is the option becoming increasingly favoured by the public.

 

 

Politics

Threats and abuse of MPs is reaching record and unacceptable levels in a clear indication of what Brexit has dome to public order and public decency in the UK.

As polls show the Brexit Party going ahead of the Conservatives in the forthcoming European elections, party leader Nigel Farage decided to stick to his Leaver values and left the site of a road traffic accident. Nothing like showing your true leadership credentials by ‘legging it’ from an accident scene before the police arrive.

 

 

Society

In shocking news for the UK, a Dutch court has refused extradition of an accused drug dealer to the UK because of the inhuman conditions in UK prisons. The cuts to funding and privatisation conditions have become intolerable and now UK prisons are considered unsafe and inhumane.

 

 

Environment

Almost every country in the world apart from the US has signed up and agreed to reduce plastic pollution. Scientists are looking at ways to reflect sunlight away from earth to reduce heat. Labour are also considering de-listing major polluting organisations from the FTSE 100 as part of their New Green Deal as toxic air pollution in the UK doubles the threat of lung disease and is currently affecting nearly 3m children.

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Science

This week saw a major and historic breakthrough in the fight against the growing threat of antibiotic resistant superbugs and the lack of any real investment in the next generation of antibiotic drugs. In a world first, a teenage girl in the UK was the first person to have a deadly superbug infection successfully treated with a genetically modified virus treatment. An amazing breakthrough offering hope to humanity.

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