How will post-Covid Britain look? For many, like it did in the brutal 19th century | John Harris

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While Boris Johnson talks of ‘building back better’, the reality is growing poverty and hunger – and a government that is fuelling them, says Guardian columnist John Harris

of “mutual aid” and all those tributes to low-paid key workers – both of which, from an optimistic perspective, suggested public attitudes towards poverty and insecurity somewhat different from the mixture of indifference and old-fashioned moralism that we are often told form the views of a majority . For the briefest of moments, it felt as if thethat being poor made people much more likely to suffer Covid-19’s worst effects might prompt at least the first stirrings of a political watershed.

 

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The state of deprivation UK is facing is due to Tory policies of austerity since 2010,that culminated on Brexit. Don't blame the pandemic. Put the guilty the right name.

Just like before. It did not change during the pandemic so why change after. They still run separate taps for hot and cold water.

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