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Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist. Her books include Dismembered: How the attack on the state harms us all, co-authored with David Walker. Twitter @pollytoynbee
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Boris Johnson has consistently sneered at health and safety, so when he wants to end the lockdown early we should be worried, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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In cleaving to his special adviser, the prime minister looks the servant not the master, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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A report reveals the true wealth of the top 1%. Coronavirus may even things out – but don’t bank on it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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No government could have been completely ready for the pandemic, but taking the public for fools has destroyed all trust, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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For a decade they’ve been stripped bare by austerity. And now their local expertise is being ignored, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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The WHO is celebrating nurses and midwives, while the Tories fail to solve a recruitment crisis of their own making, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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The Sunday Times revelations confirm all our worst fears: the prime minister’s handling of coronavirus has been shockingly complacent, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Older generations must foot the bill for this crisis – not those already heavily indebted and lacking opportunities, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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The left hopes coronavirus will lead to change, but it’s far from certain, writes Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
While supermarket workers get extra praise, their bosses get extra pay