A powerful @BBCNewsnight this evening with @maitlis

#covid19 exposes the complexities & inequalities of our political, economic & social systems.

The fault lines have been laid bare.

Austerity didn’t just “trim the fat” it cut out muscle & bone of the body of society.
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Various organisations tried to fill the gaps:

schools supported, watched over, and fed vulnerable children—providing a safe space.

Charities plugged the holes left by government cuts.
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Our economic systems became ever more complex feeding on the blood and sweat of so called “unskilled labour”.

#covid19 has exposed all this and more. It was always there of course, if you were prepared to look, but now it can’t be hidden.

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The veil on our social failings has been ripped away.

Going forward, we’ll have to ask ourselves some very tough questions.

Are we prepared to prop up inequality? Or are we prepared to make the necessary changes to build a more just society?

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As an addendum, this thread is incredibly important- mirroring in grim reality the Lord Farquaad quote: “Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.”

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