What s wromg with the UK?

There have been many verifiable articles written about the widening gap between haves and have nots. It's quite unbelievable how this has happened in my lifetime. Social mobility is a myth. The haves have pulled up the drawbridge.

Yes the virus has exposed the fault lines in our economic and social systems and the underpinning ideologies that sustain them. That’s one reason why the Government won’t come up with the sort of income replacement we are seeing in several other countries

EU together? You must be joking! Who helps Italy in this crisis? China! The borders have been unilaterally closed until someone in Brussels thought of making a stand. United? Ha!

Perhaps one of the benefits, (I hesitate to use the term 'silver lining' )to emerge from coronavirus will be the identification of people genuinely in need.

In much the same way the second world war exposed the poor diet of much of the populace, and rationing enabled fairer distribution of food and a more balanced, healthy diet.

I agree with James, yesterday one of our Care volunteers learnt of a lady aged 84 living on her own, was found crying because she had no money left to buy food for the rest of the week nor even toilet rolls, so was cutting up free newspapers. None of our MPs will have similar problems or be unable to obtain food or hygiene products. I wonder why they remain so silent about helping the most vulnerable, even the BBC & other media seem to be behaving in a deplorable ageist way.

It is quite appalling the way the Government is ignoring the plight of so many older people living in poverty. It feels as we are a third world country than one of the richest in the world.
We should be utterly ashamed that we are neglecting the most vulnerable.

We all need to use social media as well as directly telling our MP's to pull their fingers out and get the right financial help out to our most vulnerable citizens,

The report into the Windrush scandal has put forward a list of recommendations for the Home Office to enact. Priti Patel is supporting these as well as apologising for the failures in the Home Office from before it was her responsibility.

What else do you suggest she does, dinahmo?

Many vulnerable pensioners are living below the poverty line & rely on food banks to supplement their low income are struggling. They cannot get to food banks, don’t have sufficient liquid funds to order food on line or delivered. Not even able to buy cleaning materials & essentials hygiene products as well as adequate nourish food, these are what we are identifying at Grassroots, Are they now the forgotten citizens, the Gov needs to provide urgently a living income for all citizens.

I didn’t know that but he thinks that BJ and our scientists have badly failed us- his latest Guardian article is excoriating

The editor of The Lancet also thinks that this could be well under control in 12 weeks

That's probably where Boris heard it first

And then there was that bloke with the messy hair who somehow thinks it’ll all be over in 12 weeks and that everyone is doing as they’ve been advised ?

Apologies for my typing error in the heading. I was angry when I typed it.

a great nation? I think not! A sad little island full of people who have been manipulated by the press.

Fot the love of God, don't mention Corbyn, can't stand the man.