Cummings and Covid

Cummings and Covid

By Lesley Riddoch and Pat Joyce

Dominic Cummings made his much anticipated appearance in front of a joint select committee on Wednesday. He'd already trailed a significant proportion of his revelations on Twitter but seeing the man himself make them in Parliament did make this a major political event.
We examine what he said,how he said it,the circling of the wagons around him by the Tory Party,and place it all within the context of how this Conservative government "governs".
We also ask if,as Hancock claims lessons will be learned, can we believe himgiven that earlier reports clearly showing how unprepared the UK was for the pandemic were ignored.
Prior to the Scottish elections senior SNP sources were floating the idea of an SNP/Green coalition. Negotiations are now ongong to formalise some sort of agreement between them. 
We speculate just what form this might take and what's in it for both parties.
There was a landmark court decision in the Netherlands making Shell cut its CO2 emissions by 45% compared to 2019 levels.
This hit the headlines but all sorts of unlikely alliances between climate activists and hedge funds forcing major companies like Exxon and Chevron to move much faster away from carbon fuels have been taking place.
We also revisit the creation of Great British Railways, the Friends reunion, and Eurovision.

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