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The Covid Fallout

People operating small businesses and the self-employed, like so many people, have been affected by Covid 19. The Government put together a large package of support at the beginning of lockdown, including grants for hospitality businesses and rate exemptions for small shops. However for every lucky shop owner there were…

My trip to Zimbabwe

In January I visited Zimbabwe, where I went to school in the 1950s. Zimbabweans were eager to find out about our country. How could I describe what a decade of austerity had done when we have free education, the NHS, pensions they only dream of? The best metaphor I could…

What has the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic done for us?

What has the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic done for us? Firstly, it’s made us stop and think hard about the future, and what we can do to make it better for everyone. Secondly, it’s exposed developments over the past few decades which have left our country weaker in facing current and…

Black Lives Matter #BLM

We stand in solidarity with our brothers, sisters, family all over the world, in the fight against prejudice, racism and discrimination. As many of you have seen, the murder of George Floyd in America has sparked outrage across the globe and opened up the broader conversation of discrimination against members…

A letter to Sheryll Murray- Dominic Cummings

This Letter from Kate Ewert & Glen Mynott was sent on 25th May 2020 in response to the news that Dominic Cummings, chief adviser to Boris Johnson, broke Lockdown rules. Dear Sheryll, We’re writing to you as Chair and Secretary of SE Cornwall Constituency Labour Party, and as members…

The Case For Universal Basic Income

The last seven weeks have presented me with an experience I never imagined I would have; a pandemic that at the time of writing has been the cause of more than 28,000 deaths in The UK and a complete lockdown of society as we know it. On top of this,…

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