Because if you think that profits are inherently 'unfair', why would you mind if firms were plunged into yet more losses?
They are completely unconcerned about the havoc this would cause to businesses. It is unsurprising that politicians on the Leftmost fringes of the Labour Party and medical figures with similar opinions should advocate a 'zero-Covid' policy (which is as realistic as a 'zero-flu policy'). In fact, it is the diehard acolytes of the former Labour leader who constitute the parliamentary membership of the Zero Covid Coalition, which says it is 'jointly convened by Diane Abbott (formerly Corbyn's Shadow Home Secretary) and the Morning Star' - the daily newspaper of the British Communist Party. Isabel Diaz Ayuso (pictured), the president of Madrid's regional authority, observed when attacking Spain's equivalent of the Zero Covid Campaign, that many on the hard Left 'think that citizens are better off locked up in their homes and living off subsidies'Īnother leading member is a professor of public health, Anthony Costello, who has described himself as 'to the Left of Jeremy Corbyn on economic and environmental issues'. It was founded by the former Government chief scientist Sir David King, who has accused the Johnson administration of 'using the Covid crisis to privatise sections of the healthcare system'.
not an individualistic, consumer-oriented, profit-driven society badly damaged by 20 years of failed neo-liberal economic policies #LearnLessons.'Ī similar approach is advocated by the so-called 'Independent Sage' group, on which Professor Michie also sits. Last year, when criticising the extent to which the UK did not completely emulate the approach of the Chinese Communist Party, she tweeted: 'China has a socialist collective system. She has been, for the past 43 years, an active member of the Communist Party of Britain. That Michie should support this approach is predictable. Professor Michie has spoken at events organised by the 'Zero Covid Campaign', which has consistently agitated for Britain to follow the policy still operating in the People's Republic of China: to lock down whole cities, and even regions, when there is any Covid outbreak. She did not fully elaborate exactly what this would mean.Īllow me to explain. What we need is Plan B Plus,' Michie declared.