The news of the lockdown has left me feeling agitated. Adrenaline. I don't know why because we're already complying with the new measures. We're stocked up for a month or two and are only leaving the house for solo walks to help E sleep.
Still. What a time to live through.
Thoughts whirling around my head about the UK's policies - about the railway nationalisation, homing the homeless in hotel rooms, the 80% wage subsidy, etc. A lot of it is too little too late. As a self employed renter I've slipped through the cracks.
But... a lot of it is *good* policies, dare I say good leadership, from a party all my experience has shown me doesn't have our best interests at heart. It's surreal, bewildering, a relief, and unsettling. Turns out socialist policies are the best ones after all, yay? Will any of this survive the pandemic or will we go straight back to neoliberal business as usual? Surely nothing will ever be the same again?
Still. What a time to live through.
Thoughts whirling around my head about the UK's policies - about the railway nationalisation, homing the homeless in hotel rooms, the 80% wage subsidy, etc. A lot of it is too little too late. As a self employed renter I've slipped through the cracks.
But... a lot of it is *good* policies, dare I say good leadership, from a party all my experience has shown me doesn't have our best interests at heart. It's surreal, bewildering, a relief, and unsettling. Turns out socialist policies are the best ones after all, yay? Will any of this survive the pandemic or will we go straight back to neoliberal business as usual? Surely nothing will ever be the same again?