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The Covid-19 crisis has allowed us to see the world in new ways and demand a break with laissez-faire capitalism — but will we? asks NEIL FINDLAY MSP
The new temporary NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital at the SEC event centre, Glasgow

THE world has changed. We cannot return to what went before as if the coronavirus crisis was just a temporary blip in a world where capitalism, the exploitation of people and resources and the dog-eat-dog survival-of-the-fittest economics is accepted as the norm.

We have huge questions to ask ourselves and our politicians and decision-makers.

Will we replace our applause for the NHS with more funding, increased staffing, better pay and lasting respect for the staff in our hospitals and communities?

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