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The spring of our reconnect

It has been the winter of our disconnect. We have watched people fighting to own toilet rolls and populist leaders prescribing bizarre remedies to outwit a virus.

Covid-19 was never a simple choice between cake or death; it was about the political and proportional servings of the two ingredients. The ballot box will ultimately determine just how nations feel about their leaders’ management of the pandemic.

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