I'm increasingly alarmed about the situation in the U.K.
We have, by default, opted for 'prevalence of Coronavirus accepted, alongside widespread shutdown measures.'
That means: state schools continuing to offer partial and patchy education; limits on ability to gather; decreasing revenue sources for local councils; continuation of lack of scrutiny for government.'
All those changes we were worried about with Brexit? They're happening now, accelerated and without scrutiny precisely because of the way the government is choosing to handle Coronavirus.
Right now, in real time, we're seeing a major assault on the sector of public services and on state education.
The slight 'holiday' atmosphere is masking a massive shift of capital.
Meanwhile, a lot of the Left, who need to be talking about this, are indulging in nothing short of a carnival and a last hurrah of Corbynist dream politics. And the Right? Well, I think DGR's post about Cummings' record on using the Henry VII powers when it comes to handing out contracts without open tendering tells us everything we know.
Right now, even before Brexit fully kicks in, we're seeing a massive shift to a very undemocratic kleptocracy.
And we seem to be sleepwalking into it. Partly, I think, because one of the key things the government's choice of approach to the pandemic does is corrode networks of information, communication and opposition.
And, yes, I am profoundly worried about unemployment (masked at the moment), lack of funding for public services, and state education.