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Letters: a valiant campaign on care homes, but the pain goes on Nicci Gerrard’s laudable drive to highlight the plight of care home residents does not lessen the grief of loss Nicci Gerrard: ‘Dogged determination.’ Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian Nicci Gerrard: ‘Dogged determination.’ Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian Sun 9 May 2021 01.00 EDT Nicci Gerrard, through her writings in this newspaper and lead role in John’s Campaign, has done more than just effect yet another government U-turn (“Why did the government take so long to back down on this care home cruelty?�...

2 months old This article is more than 2 months old If the government had truly been following the science, it would have acted sooner over the new Covid variant Oxford Circus on Sunday 20 December, the day after Boris Johnson put London into tier 4. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Oxford Circus on Sunday 20 December, the day after Boris Johnson put London into tier 4. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Sun 27 Dec 2020 01.00 EST The government has been steadfast with its “we’re following the science” mantra throughout the pandemic. Why then did it take 10 days since it was determine...

Letters: A tax on Drax would be a true Tory cause The Conservative MP and landowner could learn to stand on his own two feet, rather than a family fortune built on slavery Richard Drax. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images Richard Drax. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images Sun 20 Dec 2020 01.00 EST Richard Drax’s assertion that “no one can be held responsible today for what happened many hundreds of years ago” might sound a little less disingenuous if he wasn’t personally profiting to such a vast extent from the appalling actions of his own ancestors (“Wealthy MP urged to ...