Brexit thinking poisoned the government’s response to COVID-19

Hopkin, Jonathan ORCID: 0000-0002-3187-4013 (2020) Brexit thinking poisoned the government’s response to COVID-19. LSE COVID-19 Blog (10 Jun 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Having formally left the EU, the UK’s response to COVID-19 has revealed its eagerness to go it alone, which has had dire consequences, writes Jonathan Hopkin (LSE). He argues that Brexit thinking stymied the government’s response to the virus, at a great human cost.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author
Divisions:	Government
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	24 Jun 2020 23:29
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 12:44
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/105141

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