-- Your Wednesday Briefing --
FREE fact-based analyses, expert advice, fact-checks, challenging comments & thought-provoking opinions... No paywall. Editorially independent.
Welcome to our last briefing of the year.
PMP has been publishing quality opinions, analyses, and fact-based articles for the last 5 years, and we look forward to continuing to offer all our readers accurate, fact-based journalism with truth and decency at its heart in 2022.
Thank you for your warm messages of support and your precious help in supporting our magazine with donations on a regular basis. You may still show extra support on our fundraising page while we work very hard to recover all our articles.
—
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
— The Editorial Team
How much trouble is Boris Johnson in?
Backbenchers are rattling their sabres and a brutal by-election loss has made it all so much worse for Boris Johnson.
Omicron – Your questions answered.
An expert in global public health answers questions on the omicron variant.
We have learned from our mistakes... in order to repeat them.
The views of experts and health professionals on the current UK situation with the Omicron variant.
Home Office sued for breach of the Withdrawal Agreement.
The Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (IMA) has launched a lawsuit against the Home Office for breaching the terms of the Withdrawal Agreements for people who have been granted pre-settled status.
Stripping British citizenship: The government’s new bill explained.
The new nationality and borders bill would give the government huge powers over British citizens as it could affect an estimated 6 million Britons who were born elsewhere or have another nationality.
Conservative MP rebellion: ‘Human rights’ opposition to new COVID measures doesn’t add up.
The libertarian Tory MPs’ revolt over new public health restrictions comes in stark contrast to their support of other draconian laws that violate human rights. We have rights by virtue of the fact that we are human, not simply because we are good citizens.
Professor Chris Grey’s latest Brexit analysis. As the damage they have caused quietly mounts, some leading Brexiters are saying “it’s not my Brexit” whilst others say that we must wait decades to judge – both are ways of avoiding accountability.
In Tory Britain, you never know what will happen yesterday.
The UK is now at that critical point where it is about to slide into full-blown authoritarianism, presided over by an entitled clown.
Stop using words like ‘balance’ to justify a policy of mass infection, avoidable deaths, and chronic illness. This was never about balance.
When will life return to normal after the pandemic?
Surveying by the Office for National Statistics shows Brits are increasingly pessimistic about things returning to how they were before.
The new German government and Berlin’s new role in the world.
Angela Merkel’s tendency to listen, integrate and patiently attempt to find compromises between competing interests is gone. What does this mean in practice for Germany?
Contrary to most mainstream media, we keep OUR ARTICLES away from paywalls and FREE FOR EVERYONE because we see it as our duty to ensure ordinary citizens access ACCURATE, FACT-BASED JOURNALISM with TRUTH AND DECENCY at its heart.
We aim to inform our readers with REAL STORIES backed by FACTS and DATA about coronavirus, climate change, immigration, and politics in general. Sadly, the coronavirus pandemic has brought disruptions to the making of our magazine. Despite our best efforts, we remain vulnerable.
If you like our work, please show your support with a direct contribution today.
There are 3 easy options (it takes less than a minute to help us):
- CHIP IN TODAY
FROM £5 —(one-off)
- BUY US A COFFEE TODAY
FROM £5 —(one-off)
- BECOME A REGULAR MEMBER
FROM £6 weekly — (you can cancel anytime)
FROM £6 monthly — (you can cancel anytime)
FROM £60 yearly — (you can cancel anytime)
-
BENEFITS OF REGULAR MEMBERSHIP: