There are political moments which stop you in your tracks and I had one recently. On 20th May, the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was taking questions in the House of Commons.
The new Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, challenged the Prime Minister to exempt health and social care workers from the NHS surcharge (the additional money immigrants to the UK pay for health cover) in light of the extraordinary contribution those same immigrants have made to keeping UK citizens well looked after during this tragic outbreak…