The time for creating choice on the cornonavirus response was during the last 20 years. They chose rampant financialisation, leveraging future income.
The UK has no energy security. No food security. I feel the corner we have painted ourselves into makes a prolonged shutdown far, far harder.
The one source I could find was https://www.globalenergyinstitute.org/energy-security-risk-i... which placed the UK in the top 3 countries for energy security (many years running).
Do let me know if you have some data that would change my mind! (and ditto for food security)
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/sep/01/uk-energy-pric...
And food
https://www.businessinsider.com/no-deal-brexit-percentage-br...
The time for creating choice on the cornonavirus response was during the last 20 years. They chose rampant financialisation, leveraging future income.
The UK has no energy security. No food security. I feel the corner we have painted ourselves into makes a prolonged shutdown far, far harder.