Taking data from patients in England was so unpopular in 2014 it was shelved. Now it’s happening without the scrutiny, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
This ‘Muslim problem’ the Tories have sounds nasty
on Islamophobia
“Professor Swaran Singh’s report into Islamophobia in the Conservative Party has piqued my interest greatly,” writes Sara Tor in The Times. “Not just because it has determined that bear faeces can indeed be found in the woods,” but also for its use of the phrase ‘Muslim problem’ in its conclusion. “Poor Tory party, sounds nasty”, writes Tor. “It’s as if we’re talking about an embarrassing medical condition that needs to be kept quiet.” Yet, although it’s certainly “embarrassing” for the party – “their ‘Muslim problem’ isn’t actually some very personal ailment” but a “grave concern” that should be called what it is: “systematic discriminatory behaviour against Muslims by members of the very political party currently governing the country”. There’s only one cure for that, writes Tor: “root extraction”.
Diana and the demagogues
Why the furore over an ancient interview? Paul Demarty looks at the renewed attacks on the BBC
It is perhaps worth saying, at the outset, that faking documents in order to scare people into giving you an interview is very naughty, and the one who does such a thing is appropriately described as a very naughty boy (or girl - but in this case, of course, we refer to a boy).
This is, however, about the least interesting angle on the Martin Bashir affair, which has set the rightwing media and government ablaze with Beeb-bashing.
The subject of the controversy is Bashir’s legendary 1995 interview with Diana Spencer - the ‘Princess of Wales’ and former wife of Charles Windsor, who is first in line to the throne - on the BBC’s flagship
Dominic Cummings leaves Downing Street, May 2020 Photograph: James Veysey/Rex/Shutterstock
Dominic Cummings leaves Downing Street, May 2020 Photograph: James Veysey/Rex/Shutterstock
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What a pleasure to hear once again from Dominic Cummings, the Conservative governmentâs Prince Harry, who on Wednesday appears in exile to kick off his searing new select committee series, The Me You Didnât See.
In recent days, Dom has already been speaking his truth at vast and seemingly interminable length on a Twitter thread in which his inner turmoil is laid bare time and again. Hugely poignant now to look back on the brave face he wore during events of last year and to know that inside he was actually falling â falling apart. Attempts to reach out to people who ran the government, such as himself, seem to have met with total neglect. You can see why ultimately he had to do what any man would do, and move his fami
<strong>Letters: </strong>Readers respond to criticism of the corporation after Lord Dyson’s report on the 1995 Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales