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No sector should go back to work until it is demonstrably safe to do so
Labour and the unions need to be workers’ active advocates in the workplace, in the community and on social media, says NICK WRIGHT

BRITAIN tops the league table of coronavirus deaths per head of population. 

With only the US rivalling our country for this dubious distinction, the present Tory government is in line to appear the most irresponsible administration in our history, rivalling the Chamberlain government that by appeasing Hitler made the second world war victory over fascism more costly.

Reports that the Cabinet is divided between a substantial minority — or perhaps even a majority — in favour of the swifter exit from the Covid-19 lockdown than the Prime Minister is presently willing to consider, obscures the reality that decisions in a Conservative Cabinet are critically influenced by a more powerful range of forces than those represented by the maladroit mob seated around the Cabinet room table.

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