Labour, the SNP, the Liberal Democrats and the Green party all switched their focus to the award of pandemic contracts, demanding investigations by the cabinet secretary, Simon Case, or the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Kathryn Stone, into Paterson’s contacts with ministers during the pandemic. https://vk.com/video677203037_456239239
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Dec 2021. Boris Johnson and Sleaze Part 3
A new Opinion poll for the Observer shows ratings for Johnson and his party have slumped dramatically, with the prime minister’s personal approval figures hitting their lowest ever level. https://vk.com/video677203037_456239227
Boris Johnson and Sleaze Part 2
The crisis facing Boris Johnson also worsened after the former Tory prime minister, Sir John Major, described his successor’s attempts to block Paterson’s suspension from parliament last week for breaching paid advocacy rules as “shameful”. https://vk.com/video677203037_456239226
Dec 2021. Boris Johnson and Sleaze Part 1
The row over Tory sleaze reached new heights on Saturday night as MPs demanded details of any lobbying by Owen Paterson of government ministers on behalf of a company that won almost £500m of Covid-19 related contracts last year. https://vk.com/video677203037_456239214
Nov 2021. COP26 Part 6
The countries who have signed the deforestation pledge – including Canada, Brazil, Russia, China, Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the US and the UK – cover around 85% of the world’s forests. Some of the funding will go to developing countries to restore damaged land, tackle wildfires and support indigenous communities. Governments of… Continue reading Nov 2021. COP26 Part 6
Nov 2021. COP26 Part 5
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is hosting the global meeting in Glasgow, said “more leaders than ever before” – a total of 110 – had made the “landmark” deforestation commitment.”We have to stop the devastating loss of our forests,” he said – and “end the role of humanity as nature’s conqueror, and instead become… Continue reading Nov 2021. COP26 Part 5
Nov 2021. COP26 Part 4
More than 100 world leaders have promised to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, in the COP26 climate summit’s first major deal. Brazil – where stretches of the Amazon rainforest have been cut down – was among the signatories on Tuesday. The pledge includes almost £14bn ($19.2bn) of public and private funds. Experts welcomed the… Continue reading Nov 2021. COP26 Part 4
Nov 2021. COP26 Part 3
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has told young protesters that politicians attending COP26 are “pretending to take our future seriously”. The arrival of world leaders in Glasgow for the COP26 summit triggered a series of demos across the city. The gathering attended by Ms Thunberg was one of dozens taking place. She told fellow activists from… Continue reading Nov 2021. COP26 Part 3
Nov 2021. COP26 Part 1
You may have heard that the UK is hosting a summit called COP26 which is seen as being really important if climate change is to be brought under control. The COP26 event is a global United Nations summit about climate change and how countries are planning to tackle it. It was due to take place… Continue reading Nov 2021. COP26 Part 1
Jun 2021. Ethiopia and Human Rights
There was a time when a report by Ethiopia’s human rights commission was a staid affair, its findings offering window-dressing for hand-wringing donors and legal cover to the government. Between 2013 and 2017 the commission systematically “whitewashed human rights violations through compromised methodologies, dismissing credible allegations”, according to a 2019 Amnesty International study that accused… Continue reading Jun 2021. Ethiopia and Human Rights