The Big Issue

It’s broke. But now we can fix it

Opportunity awaits.

It does not look like that, not at the minute. By every measure, we’re in the soup. Lockdown has closed everything. Hospitals are packed to breaking with the Covid-sick. Shops are shuttered and many businesses can’t operate.

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