57. Exiting the lockdown. Class does matter
I’ve
now spent several days trying to understand the UK's so called guidance for
lockdown exit. It is not easy. One of the main conclusions I can draw, which I
referred to in a previous post, is that we are exiting to the benefit of the
upper social classes, as it could be in no other way in the UK. The most
glaring example, in addition to the expectation that workers will return to
work when their employers may not have had time to implement good protection
measures, is cleaners and nannies being encouraged to go back to work. You
cannot visit your girlfriend/boyfriend and go into their house, but your nanny
can on a daily basis, as can your cleaner. I can only imagine the cabinet’s
sympathy for the predicament of those deprived of these services. Their return
may pose significant infection risks, as clearly nannies will not be able to
keep social distance, but it’s a price worth paying to spare the wealthy from
having to continue to look after their children or clean their bathrooms
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