Maybe so, but the creation of a common enemy is diguising the fact that the lockdown is disasterous for millions of people in the country. To lose your job, house possibly, savings, future etc is terrible.
We have a moral obligation to protect the old and the sick. We also have a moral obligation to protect the young and those whose jobs are insecure.
All the “common enemy” stuff and clapping of the nhs doesnt stop many, many people going bankrupt and their lives being ruined for years to come.
Not to worry though the owner of Unherd made 50m shortsellng hospitality stocks as they went bust. So at least someone is doing ok lol
D Glover
4 years ago
‘The entire political spectrum appears able to unite against the common enemy in favour of an unambiguous public good, ‘Protect the NHS!’
If we trash the economy there won’t be enough money to sustain an NHS. Then, next year, when another deadlier plague sweeps in from the East there will be no resources at all to combat it.
I’ve posted here before that protecting the NHS or the economy are not opposite poles. They are the same effort.
Peter Coomber
4 years ago
Thank you Ashley, this is a fine and perceptive analysis. You have perfectly summed up our condition in these troubled times.
Maybe so, but the creation of a common enemy is diguising the fact that the lockdown is disasterous for millions of people in the country.
To lose your job, house possibly, savings, future etc is terrible.
We have a moral obligation to protect the old and the sick. We also have a moral obligation to protect the young and those whose jobs are insecure.
All the “common enemy” stuff and clapping of the nhs doesnt stop many, many people going bankrupt and their lives being ruined for years to come.
We need to protect everyone.
Not to worry though the owner of Unherd made 50m shortsellng hospitality stocks as they went bust. So at least someone is doing ok lol
‘The entire political spectrum appears able to unite against the common enemy in favour of an unambiguous public good, ‘Protect the NHS!’
If we trash the economy there won’t be enough money to sustain an NHS.
Then, next year, when another deadlier plague sweeps in from the East there will be no resources at all to combat it.
I’ve posted here before that protecting the NHS or the economy are not opposite poles. They are the same effort.
Thank you Ashley, this is a fine and perceptive analysis. You have perfectly summed up our condition in these troubled times.
Two words. Stafford hospital.
we spend 4k per head on healthcare, they spend 6k