The implications of the crisis are such that Johnson and Sunak need not so much to think outside the box as to trample it to tatters altogether.
At the least, we can expect reduced growth worldwide – and a more expansionary Budget next month.
We must strike a better balance so that where genuine disagreements arise, there are ways of resolving the situation through mediation and conciliation.
The union’s conference applauded speeches about the NHS not having enough money. Then voted to overstretch its resources even further.
The public are consistently reported as being entirely relaxed about who provides their care. What matters is that it is high quality and free at the point of use.
He has been more robust than any if his predecessors in challenging NHS failings. Prime Ministers seem to have given up trying to sack him.
It might please nurses, but provokes new pay demands from teachers, doctors and soldiers. Nor would a hypothecated ‘NHS Tax’ make the issue go away.
As a Kent MP, I’m delighted Canterbury is one of the sites chosen to host new training facilities.
Some specialist hospitals have made stellar consultant appointments from abroad. However, many doctors relocating here are economic migrants.
From housing to university access, from the criminal justice system to the House of Commons, ethnic minority communities desire and deserve a fairer deal.
The current pressures faced by the health service are not new or exclusive to the 21st Century. Let’s learn from past experience.
We have the mandate and the majority. Let’s make 2020 a year of progress and work now to set up a decade we can all be proud of.