THE TUC’s “tale of two pandemics” exposing the way the Covid crisis has deepened yawning inequality makes the case for an economic reset — “a new age of dignity and security at work.”

Yet to make this a reality we need a political reset — a labour movement-led challenge to the powers that be that recognises the realities of class struggle.

In the early days of the pandemic, during the first lockdown when people stood in doorways to clap for carers and politicians paid tribute to the “key workers” keeping our shops stocked, our streets clean, our cities moving and our country running, the need for such a reset was on everyone’s lips.