Lead story
Urgent action needed on PPE!
by New Worker correspondent
SIR KEIR STARMER has called for urgent action to deal with the shortage of personal protective equipment in hospitals and care homes struggling to cope with the coronavirus plague. The new Labour leader’s call reflects the mounting anger across the country at the Johnson Government’s abject failure to respond to the health crisis that goes far beyond the medical community.
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Urgent action needed on PPE!
Pressing problems
by New Worker correspondent
IT REMAINS to be seen what long-term impact the present lockdown has on the economy and jobs. Some sectors of the economy will probably recover fairly speedily with weaker businesses going to the wall. The hospitality trade will doubtless see pubs and restaurants bounce back once they have cleaned out their beer pipes and disposed of hastily abandoned food. It is unlikely that the ending of the present crisis will inspire a revival of the temperance movement. It will be interesting to see if the outrage at the boss of Wetherspoons sacking his staff actually translates into a boycott when the pubs reopen and the attraction of a cheap pint looms.
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Pressing problems
Post-COVID-19 Speculations
by our Scottish political affairs correspondent
On Tuesday you could buy a barrel of Brent crude oil for as little as $18 dollars if you bought it at the right time of day, carelessly hanging on would mean you would have to pay as much as $21. In Texas you would actually be paid $37.63 to take away a barrel of the black stuff that is no longer remotely gold. Storage facilities for crude and refined oil are at a record high, and refineries are rejecting any new oil for processing.
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Post-COVID-19 Speculations
