The fallout from the pandemic threatens to expose—and widen—Britain’s inequality in brutal fashion
, Britain is more united than it has been for a long time. Bickering over Brexit has been shelved. Party politics is all but suspended, after Parliament voted to shut itself down on March 25th to minimise the risk of transmission of covid-19. Ministers are marshalling an army of volunteers to help the health service. And the virus itself is no respecter of rank: Prince Charles is among those it has infected.
The south-east of England, the region with the highest share of white-collar jobs, is best placed for business as usual. More than a third of journalists, for example, work in London.has been entirely written and edited from journalists’ homes, most of them in the south-east. Even within regions, differences are stark. Newcastle will cope better than neighbouring Sunderland. The map echoes geographic divides in support for Brexit.
Others are less able to adapt. Families in which both parents work may not be able to supervise their children’s education. James Donovan, a self-employed carpenter in Bath, was working on a barn conversion before the government advised people to stay at home. “When Boris said ‘lockdown’, I was told not to come to work,” he says. So far, he has struggled to apply for benefits. “You’ll be waiting years to get through to anyone on the phone.
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