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Labour activists highlight Tory sleaze and cronyism outside Downing Street, London. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Labour activists highlight Tory sleaze and cronyism outside Downing Street, London. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Sun 25 Apr 2021 01.00 EDT
Bernard Jenkin spectacularly misses the point: âThere is nothing wrong with a private citizen wanting to make moneyâ is simply not true until you add the word âfairlyâ or âhonestlyâ (âThe line between public service and private gain is shamefully blurredâ, Comment). We applaud and aspire to honest endeavour, invention, flexibility, hard work and a genuine commitment to customersâ and employeesâ wellbeing, but you canât say there is nothing wrong with wanting to make money by cheating people or selling them goods that we know will hurt them or simply offer very little for a high pri
The poorest have suffered worst. Look at how people with disabilities have suffered disproportionately. Meanwhile racism, misogyny, homophobia and all the other prejudiced preconceptions have been given freedom to flourish.
When faced with this, minority communities draw together to rely on their own resources rather than trust the unreliable majority, and when these resources are religious ones they can be double edged.
The understandable rejection of all that is exemplified by establishment figures runs the risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. An all-enveloping religion can give great strength but can run the risk of drifting into fundamentalist rejection of the scientific rationality that underlies modern medicine.