By Andy Ford (Unite member, candidate for health section of Unite NEC) NHS scientists are crucial to healthcare in the UK. Although they make up
Category: Science & Environment Archive
Global warming and the “point of no return”
By John Pickard One of the most dismal features of Donald Trump’s administration – and one which would be repeated by a Reform government here,
By Joe Langabeer In a previous article I looked at the looming AI bubble and the limitations of its technology. In this article I address
COP 30: it’s no joke
By Michael Roberts The usual joke about the United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COPs) is that each one is a ‘cop-out’. Each time there is
By Joe Langabeer Last week, a flurry of news reports from various outlets all asked the same question: why are people’s food prices so high?
Why Lucy?
By Robin Jamieson, C Psychol, AFBPsS, former head of Psychology for an NHS trust. The Lucy Letby documentary on ITV disturbed me, not for its questionable
By Maureen Wade, chair, Birmingham UNISON retired members section The government has launched its 10-year plan for the NHS, which includes a heavy reliance on
Left Horizons has argued, in agreement with polls showing the popularity of the idea, for the renationalisation of all of those public utilities privatised by
Thames Water: ruined by private profit.
By Mike Kennard Everybody knows that the private sector is much more efficient than the creaky old bureaucratic nationalised industries don’t they? The Thatcherite promise
By John Pickard What do the numbers 2.4 trillion and 1.5 have in common? The answer is that although both are important in specific instances,
