If the government needs to find money to pay for the pandemic, it's looking in the wrong place, says Jonathan Smith

It seems that COVID is not the only virus stalking society, whose presence amongst us is becoming endemic, and prompts the exhortation: “You’ll have to learn to live with it.”

The BBC needs our support now, more than ever before, says Jonathan Smith

Farmer's Weekly reports that support for the Conservatives is crumbling, with the Liberal Democrats being the main gainers.

"When one of our most successful Cheshire businessmen savages the Brexit deal done by Boris Johnson, it confirms what others have been saying with increasing concern, and underlines our need to take note", says Jonathan Smith.

In a further demonstration of just how out-of-touch our Tatton MP, Esther McVey, is with public opinion and concerns, she was quoted this week in the Sun saying that people shouldn’t be cowed by "scaremongering by the lockdown fanatics" - says Jonathan Smith

Goodwill for Some - warns Jonathan Smith

This is the season of “goodwill to all men (and women)”, a time when all our festive and religious traditions have a focus on the joys and responsibilities of shared humanity. So, for our Government to choose this very moment to announce steps to undermine and weaken human rights legislation is both cynical and deeply worrying.

Sometimes an image - usually a photo - is so shocking, so disturbing, that it takes your breath away. This is one.

  Maternity and family services at Macclesfield Hospital   are under threat, warns Jonathan Smith.