Lockdowns ‘The Dynamite’ That Blew Open Social Divide: Report

CSJ chief executive Andy Cook said the lockdown policy has “poured petrol on the fire while the root causes lie in education, work, debt, addiction, and family.

A young girl paints a picture of herself on the school window as children of key workers take part in school activities at Oldfield Brow Primary School in Altrincham, England, on April 8, 2020. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

COVID-19 lockdowns are “the dynamite” that blew open Britain’s social divide, according to a report published on Sunday.

The Centre of Social Justice (CSJ) think tank, which published the report, said the UK is “in danger of sliding back into the ‘Two Nations’ of the Victorian era marked by a widening gulf between mainstream society and a depressed and poverty-stricken underclass.”