It is likely that the economy will take some time to recover and we anticipate greater levels of long-term unemployment, so there will be many more people struggling to buy food.
If direct funding it can be used to rescue the banks, why can’t it be used to rescue the people? Why should they have to pay the price?
Philosophically speaking, being stuck at home gives us time to understand ourselves.
Their pitch to a nation is for a new way of politics, but all that’s left is the grotesque emptiness of the emperor’s new clothes.
Every other industry in the UK is properly regulated, yet newspaper websites read by millions of people every day get away with intrusive and inaccurate reporting with little to no justice for those impacted.
This crisis demonstrates the lamentable missed opportunity Britain had to install a politician who actually gave a damn about ordinary people.
As the situation worsens or improves, choices will have be made regarding the types of societies we would like to see in the future.
If Covid-19 has taught us anything it is that we can do things differently.
We must embrace this chance and act now to create healthy cities in which everyone feels safe to leave their house, whether they walk, cycle, or hop on a bus or train.
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