Not only has this epidemic shone a bright light on existing inequalities, it threatens to make them more stark. I don’t particularly quarrel with the idea that Mr Sunak has to give some indication that he is thinking about how to pay the colossal bills for the crisis. This is not the Mr Sunak of the early stages of the crisis who attracted praise from trade unions and Labour MPsThis is not the Mr Sunak of the early stages of the crisis who attracted praise from trade unions and Labour MPs. The less affluent suffered while the wealthier did extremely well after the last global emergency, the financial crisis of 2008. Mr Sunak solemnly declared: “No one will be left behind.” Boris Johnson remarked: “We all remember what happened in 2008.

Source: The Guardian November 29, 2020 09:00 UTC