The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Right Honourable Brandon Lewis CBE MP, has announced the appointment of a new Chair and Commissioners to the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland.
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THIS article follows on from my original piece in
The Conservative Woman last week which discussed a large number of concerns which I have with the precipitous UK rollout of the Pfizer vaccine. This follow-up stands on its own, but is best read after the first article.
Pfizer have no idea if the vaccine can prevent symptoms or transmission
I wrote in my original article that ‘the trials for this vaccine . . . were not designed to test if the vaccine can reduce severe COVID-19 symptoms, ie hospital admissions ICU admission or death. The trials were also not designed to test if the vaccine can interrupt transmission.’
Anti-racism in social work: no more questions – just actions please
Social work is institutionally racist and there has been a lack of explicit action to tackle this post-George Floyd and Black Lives Matter. It s time for meaningful action that results in systemic change, says Wayne Reid
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By Wayne Reid, BASW England professional officer and social worker
A senior social work manager joked to me recently that I “was the only authority on anti-racism in social work”. Although she was jesting, it did make me wonder what accountability and protections actually exist to support social workers of colour within the profession, given what we know about the omnipresence of racism. It didn’t take me very long to conclude – very little.
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