Georgia Banjo

2 months ago | economist.com | Georgia Banjo

The case of a nurse jailed for killing babies exposes deep problems with British justiceIS LUCY LETBY guilty? The question has persisted since August 2023, when a jury found the nurse had murdered seven babies and tried to kill six others at the Countess of Chester hospital in north-west England. In the eyes of the state, for a long time any doubt over the conviction amounted to nothing more than a false conspiracy theory.

Nov 20, 2024 | economist.com | Georgia Banjo

A shift has begun to happen among politiciansBy Georgia Banjo, Britain correspondent, The EconomistWhen Esther Rantzen, a television personality with terminal lung cancer, called for the right to die, she joined a long line of advocates for the cause. Despite widespread public support, several attempts to change the law have failed. In 2025 that pattern will be broken: several jurisdictions within Britain are likely to legalise assisted dying.

Oct 8, 2024 | economist.com | Georgia Banjo

Britain | Scalpel, pleaseAnd what it says about how to improve the productivity of Britain’s health service Oct 8th 2024|Huddersfield“WHAT WOULD you like to see?” asks the scrub nurse as a surgeon beside her feeds a wire through a patient’s urethra. It is a Friday afternoon in Theatre 2 at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary in West Yorkshire, and the surgical team is showing your correspondent their equipment. There are tweezers “to take out the specimen”; sponge rollers to soak up the blood.

Jul 11, 2024 | internazionale.it | Georgia Banjo

Mads Damkjær, un simpatico funzionario pubblico con il parka e i capelli pettinati con la riga di lato, solleva il piede dall’acceleratore mentre mi indica la fabbrica che sta facendo dimagrire milioni di persone. Stiamo attraversando la piccola città danese di Kalundborg, dove stalattiti di ghiaccio pendono dai tetti delle case colorate e le cinque torri della chiesa medievale sono protese verso il cielo come artigli.

Jul 5, 2024 | economist.com | Georgia Banjo

Britain | A slightly more United KingdomIt is not clear how long that will lastPhotograph: Reuters Jul 5th 2024THE SYMBOLISM was unmissable. When Britain’s new prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, arrived in Downing Street on July 5th, he was greeted by activists waving the Union flag, the Scottish saltire and the Welsh Red Dragon.