Parties may lead to his downfall, but is this the worst of what Johnson has done? | The BMJ
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The pandemic has, undeniably, provided a cover for the most significant dismantling of state that the country has experienced in recent years. While the media debated the definition of “parties,” policies that are detrimental to health have been pushed through Parliament.
[…] Our obsession with the behaviour of a single man masks a wider system of change that will be hugely detrimental to the future of this country. We should be wise to the ways in which the narrative of crisis creates opportunities for abuses of the system.
This will not end with Johnson; whoever replaces him will likely continue to create a false dichotomy between health and the economy; make public health a platform for division; and ignore the responsibility of government to protect and support all people within their borders.
