Or rather the lack of NHS beds, ventilators and protective equipment for staff underneath those roofs? Fair play to Boris Johnson for keeping a straight face when he declared “this crisis is not a time for ideology”. (Image: Twitter)They are disciples of right-wing think-tanks which advocate war against the welfare state. Think back to the last comparable national crisis, the Second World War, and how living through it changed mindsets. At the end, following a decade of Tory rule, voters realised that sharing the wealth, giving profits back to the people and building a decent welfare state was the best way forward.

Source: Daily Mirror March 20, 2020 19:08 UTC