Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

A good piece. We can't go back to normal

One of the things that Corona has exposed The grim crisis in Europe's care homes

War economy? Related: We are not the virus (I don't see though what the figure mentioned refers to: " During a crisis that has killed hundreds of thousands of people..."

£1bn of taxpayers' cash to help foreign countries buy British arms

"It seem clear that, for whatever reason, Western political systems have proven incapable of responding rationally, in time, to the Coronavirus threat. As Richard Horton writes of the government, overwhelming scientific evidence of an advancing threat did  not  generate the required action: 'For unknown reasons they waited. And watched.’

The article was written on 24 of March. A couple of figures are not up-to-date. Covid-19 Pandemic will change everything—for better or worse

War photography by David Pratt