Archive - COPPOLA COMMENT

The people most affected by the Government's welfare reforms are not the people you think they are

Political discourse is all about young people - but it's older people who will bear the biggest impact.

Jun 30 •

Frances Coppola

May 2025

The "deserving poor" are the latest target of Government cuts

Sick and disabled people do not deserve the harsh treatment the Government has planned for them.

May 28 •

Frances Coppola

April 2025

The Five Commandments of writing about Gaza

Break any of these and you will be accused of antisemitism.

Apr 28 •

Frances Coppola

There are no more words.

Apr 25 •

Frances Coppola

February 2025

A gruesome hostage exchange

Why are Hamas and Israel trading the dead for the living?

Feb 20 •

Frances Coppola

January 2025

The Waspi Campaign is dead

But why did the Labour Government kill it?

Jan 25 •

Frances Coppola

November 2024

Reflections on recent death and continuing devastation.

Nov 4, 2024 •

Frances Coppola

September 2024

Southern Water's ghost from the past

The financial product that blew up the world in 2008 is haunting the highly-indebted privatised utility

Sep 13, 2024 •

Frances Coppola

Believe what Israel says - and stop it

Israel has done to Gaza what it said it would do. Now it is doing to the West Bank what it has done to Gaza. And it is threatening a similar fate for…

Sep 1, 2024 •

Frances Coppola

August 2024

Thames Water and its dividends

Where has the money gone?

Aug 3, 2024 •

Frances Coppola

July 2024

The end of an era

The UK goes to the polls tomorrow. Labour is expected to win a landslide victory. But storm clouds are already gathering.

Jul 3, 2024 •

Frances Coppola

June 2024

The myths that refuse to die

Pervasive beliefs about the labour force are still driving government policy even though they are easily debunked.

Jun 6, 2024 •

Frances Coppola

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