The article takes a long time to essentially get around to saying this:<p>> But covid-19 and the extreme social-distancing measures used to combat it pose a new and more profound danger to the capital<p>I feel that during lockdown a fair few people have turned mildly insane - they seem to honestly believe that we're going to stand very far apart from other humans for the rest of time.<p>It's just not the case. I'll be in the pub by the end of the year.
>>> poor parts of the Midlands and north of England would get lots of infrastructure investment, helping them to close the productivity gap with London. The country would be “levelled up”.<p>By "infrastructure" I guess they mean improvements to intercity rail connections, namely the high speed rail. I don't see those as localized improvements. Moreover they seem geared to decreasing commute times in/out of london (and a couple other of the largest cities). The net result is to allow rich londoners to live and commute from further afield. That isn't a move away from "peak capital", it's doubling down on that capital by further extending its influence, expanding the hinterlands on which it relies.
I have no intention to go to the pub or travel abroad, especially with a potential two week quarantine. I have seriously ill early March and it wasn't fun at all. I am sure the pubs or the restaurants will not miss me