The wave of coronavirus infections in Britain has put severe pressure on the National Health Service, already under strain from worker shortages caused by underfunding, Brexit and the exhaustion from nearly two years of battling the pandemic. nyti.ms
Brexit split the country into a polarized state in which facts relating to nearly any subject, from health care to foreign policy, were reduced to props in arguments for leaving or remaining. This legacy of distrust endured as the pandemic emerged. nyti.ms
Boris Johnson expected to be the Brexit leader. Instead, he has presided uncomfortably over a public health crisis, an economic collapse and a racial reckoning. nyti.ms
While we're all clapping NHS staff, the government is in talks with Donald Trump over a post-Brexit deal, with no real assurances the health service won't feature. theneweuropean.co.uk
Boris Johnson is still ahead in British polls, but some show his lead narrowing as attention turns away from Brexit and toward health care and housing on.wsj.com
