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Let’s remember the dead and fight for a society fit for the living
As the bodies stack up, the slogan for International Workers’ Memorial Day — “remember the dead and fight for the living” — feels even more poignant than usual this year, writes RICHARD BURGON MP
NHS staff minute silence
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AS THE daily death toll mounts, government failures in its response to coronavirus are exposed more and more. Workers on the front line have paid the price with their lives, as have far too many others.
Yet, appallingly, the Prime Minister on his return to work spoke of the “apparent success” of his government in tackling coronavirus. That’s despite Britain being on track to have one of the world’s highest death tolls.
Adjusted for population, we have four times more deaths than Germany, over 60 times more deaths than South Korea and over 75 times those in Australia and New Zealand. If this is success what would failure look like?
The reality is that the government has been behind the curve from the start. Failure after failure has cost lives — and the Labour Party and wider movement must be clear in pointing this out if we are to secure the changes needed to prevent further loss of life.
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