The first issue was the failure to provide PPE to front line workers. Ten years of Tory cuts meant the stockpiles of PPE were decimated. It was not possible that a health service which had been cut to shreds by the Tories could deal with the crisis.
If the NHS collapsed under the weight of the pandemic, that is certainly something the Tories would have to be held to account over.
Perhaps one culprit is the government's lack of clarity and constant changing of the rules. A straightforward "Stay at Home" became "Stay Alert". Can you be arrested for not being alert? How do we know if we are being alert or not?
"Eat out to help out" certainly helped out the virus.
The inequality to which the Tories are wedded has meant the rich have done well out of the pandemic while the poor have suffered. Racial minorities have suffered disproportionately. An Oxfam Report highlights this
Then there was the farce over opening schools for a single day then
closing them again. Williamson was more intent on playing macho man than actually listening to what the education unions were saying.
As for Christmas, that was a bit of a pantomime.
The yes/no/don't know relaxation of the rules can only have led to the rise in cases of Covid -19. Thanks again Uncle Boris.
I am glad that the current messaging is coming from Chief Medical Officer for England,
Chris Whitty rather than witless politicians.But the Tories do need to be put on public trial for what they have done and failed to do.
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