UK Boris Johnson CV Govt. Update: 'There Really Is Such A Thing As Society,' Counters Mgt. Thatcher

[appalachiablue]

(2 mins) BBC News, Some 20,000 former NHS staff have returned to work to help the fight against coronavirus, Boris Johnson has revealed. The prime minister, who is self-isolating after testing positive for the virus, said the country would get through the crisis "together"...In the video Mr Johnson chose to contradict his Conservative predecessor Margaret Thatcher's view that "there is no such thing as society". Thanking the doctors, nurses & other former professionals who have returned to the NHS, as well as the 750,000 members of the public who have volunteered to help, he said: "We are going to do it, we are going to do it together. "One thing I think the coronavirus crisis has already proved is that there really is such a thing as society." https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52087452

[elleng]

1. No sh*t, sherlock.

[appalachiablue]

2. Sweating cuz they need government now & the people's help

Guess the market can't take care of everything after all, lol.

[Grokenstein]

3. "We need you now, so we love you."

"Don't worry though, once things get back to normal we'll gleefully knife you in the back once more."

[lagomorph777]

4. Perhaps the threat of imminent death is enough to scare some RW kooks into sanity?

Nah. Not for long.

But hey, if it helps a few more people survive, it's a good thing.