01/04/21 - 30/04/21
01/04/21
Farcical report
on race disparity found
severely wanting.
Kasumu resigns,
as report findings have no
foundation in fact.
02/04/21
‘Inconvenient’
Windrush scandal, omitted
from report findings.
Senior Tories
join Corbyn in opposing
Covid passport scheme.
Dozens dead after
Toroko Express derails
in Eastern Taiwan.
Lecturers repaid
for mighty effort with huge
staff redundancies.
02/04/21
Universities
target staff for short-term cost
cutting exercise.
Thanks for outstanding
online provision this year.
Now you are jobless.
Friend, peers, respected
colleagues, what an utter shit
show this really is.
Ganesh, the patron
deity of literature,
will not stand for this.
Staff redundancies:
a quick cash fix, when funds have
been wasted elsewhere.
A truly scary
backlog in vital care, says
Ex-NHS chief.
Warwick students’ stage
sit-in protests over rape
culture on campus.
02/04/21
‘Please don’t come.’ Concern
in Devon as day-trippers
head to the seaside.
03/04/21
Keir Starmer’s praise for
homophobic Jesus House
needs explanation.
Party’s outrageous
apparent bid to appease
bigoted churches.
Labour accused of
putting religion before
basic human rights.
Duncan dubs Johnson,
an international stain
on reputation.
Congressman in sex
trafficking scandal left high
and dry by party.
‘A ten-foot pole not
long enough.’ Political
pariah: Matt Gaetz.
03/04/21
Whoops. My wine ran out.
Oh no, it did it again.
It must be the glass…
09/04/21
Prince Philip, Duke of
Edinburgh, died this day
at Windsor Castle.
China blasts UK
for granting asylum to
Hong Kong activist.
10/04/21
Church of England urged
to publish inventory
of world artefacts.
Institutions move
towards repatriating
colonial loot.
Leaving EU took
a wrecking ball to the Good
Friday agreement.
Hurled petrol bombs and
burning buses in Belfast,
as fragile peace ends.
The consequence of
Johnson’s careless Brexit: a
country now in flames.
Biden proposes
global approach to taxing
big corporations.
British commitment
and cooperation, key
to closing loopholes.
Watertight global
system would call time on tax
havens for the rich.
11/04/21
Johnson refuses
calls for summit on violence
in Northern Ireland.
Operation Sky
reveals scale of drugs trafficked
from Colombia.
Drugs cartels target
European market for
higher net profits.
11/04/21
Vaccine boost pushes
Tories’ approval rating
into safe water.
Sleeper trains could soon
run from London to Europe
through Channel Tunnel.
Scrap for survival
as lecturers return to
job uncertainty.
13/04/21
Once haven, now barbed
unsteady realm which, without
cause, may eject us.
18/04/21
Cameron and the
Greensill scandal is just the
tip of the fatburg.
Line between public
service and private gains have
been shamefully blurred.
Return of Tory
sleaze, a scandal set to haunt
the Prime Minister.
19/04/21
Inquiry into
‘failure to be honest’
called for by parties.
Transported elsewhere,
black on white, a rustle of
pages amazes.
20/04/21
It’s good for the soul
to walk outdoors, to pause, take
stock, relax and breath.
Stomping feet allow
space for perspective and to
process daily mess.
25/04/21
Insult to bereaved:
government too busy for
Covid enquiry.
Beyond moronic:
inside fury at Johnson
over Cummings row.
Tory sleaze stories:
a theme of Labour’s local
election campaign.
Written by Sally Jones
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