March 27, 2021 — The Grayzone
Day: April 2, 2021
Letter from London: A Troubling Decision
30 March, 2021 — Consortium News
Tower Bridge in London. (FlyingShrimp, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
By Alexander Mercouris
Special to Consortium News
In the last Letter from London, I discussed the background to the contempt of court case against the historian, journalist and former diplomat Craig Murray for his reporting of the criminal and civil proceedings against Scotland’s former first minister, Alex Salmond, on allegations of sexual assault, for which he was acquitted on all charges at trial.
UK: Lawyers threatened with bankruptcy for taking on Home Office
2nd April 2021 — True Publica

By TruePublica: The senior partner at an independent law firm located near London, established for 30 years, has just published the following information on his blog, which is very concerning (source). In essence, lawyers are now being threatened by the Home office with huge personal losses, which could easily lead to personal bankruptcies for simply making an application to defend their client’s life, which may be at stake if they are deported back to their own country.
Police surveillance and protests
April 1, 2021 — Netpol
Police carry out intense surveillance on protest movements, collecting even seemingly innocuous personal details in order to build up a detailled picture of the groups and individuals they are targeting. Here’s our guide to interacting with the police and staying safer on demonstrations.
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UK: Internal Covid Passes to be announced
2 April 2021 — True Publica
“Ministers are discussing drawing up a list of “essential” places, including hospitals, GP surgeries and supermarkets, where Covid passes or passports would not be used, as Boris Johnson prepares to announce next week whether they will become a feature of British life” – reports The Times today.
Ominous words aren’t they – ‘they will become a feature of British life.’
EU: Vice-President Timmermans, don’t deregulate GM crops and animals
1 April 2021 — GMWatch
New GM techniques can cause unwanted genetic errors that can result in the production of novel toxins or allergens, warn civil society and farmer groups
Connecting the Dots: Glyphosate and COVID-19
10 July 2020 — JenniferMargulis.net
Is there a connection between glyphosate and COVID-19?
Are glyphosate and COVID-19 connected? Glyphosate, one of the most toxic chemicals in the world, may be the key to why some people get severely ill from COVID-19. An MIT senior research scientist reports:
By Stephanie Seneff, Ph.D.
Special to JenniferMargulis.net