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Using the pandemic to rob the poor
The Tories have capitalised on Covid-19 to line the pockets of their privateer pals and rapidly advance the austerity agenda, writes JON TRICKETT MP
Boris Johnson

COVID-19 vaccinations are underway. Over two million people have been inoculated. Extended support has belatedly been forthcoming for the economy, albeit still with numerous blind spots. And now the government wants us to believe that thanks to their masterful stewardship we can now see light at the end of the tunnel.

But this is far from the reality.

The fact is that here in Britain we have suffered much more than nearly every country on the planet. Tragically 92,865 people have died from Covid-19 at the time of writing. Alarmingly this number is rising day by day.

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