I would like to wish every reader a happier and calmer 2021! Meanwhile I am having to note what I think is a dubious start. I refer to the fact, firstly, that the UK has officially left the EU (groan for the future of the grandchildren! The disaster has finally come to pass!). Secondly, some …
Tasked with getting anti-virus needles into arms, our leaders have proved totally unable to organise the proverbial drinking session in a brewery. Twenty million people are supposed to have had covid jabs by now. The actual figure is only 2.6 million. This is a national emergency, just as a major war would be. The national …
“Price gouging in the US pharmaceutical drug industry goes back more than three decades. “In 1985 US Representative Henry Waxman, chair of the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, accused the pharmaceutical industry of “gouging the American public” with “outrageous” price increases, driven by “greed on a massive scale.” “Even in the wake of …
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This may be of academic interest to many readers, but, for those interested, the following is a quick guide (The full agreement is more than 1,200 pages long; here are some of the key points, a bit long, but what do you expect?) Trade There will be no extra tariffs or limits on the amount …
The Cormorant – a poem I stand here many hours a day, Preening, cleaning, blooming, grooming, On the stanchion by the jetty. This is my plinth, my vantage point – – I guard it jealously. No passing seagull – – Life’s competitor, nuisance, curse – – Alights for long, believe me. I stand here watching. …
