Not really an ‘idealist’, Swale...much too hard bitten and cynical for that.

What I’m advocating maybe ‘idealistic’...unfortunately it’s not matched by my expectation.

MA is right I fear...those shop workers, lorry drivers, cleaners etc who are suddenly ‘oh so important to us’ will doubtless be ‘put back in their kennels’...but while NHS workers are - rightly - receiving acknowledgement the situation with shop workers is more tangible.

They are largely unskilled, they are never going to be very well paid, but they are doing massively important work, they are particularly exposed to the virus and they are absolutely crucial to the enormous profits being made by supermarkets at the moment. With that in mind they deserve more acknowledgement and, imo, a share of the increased profit or maybe just an opportunity for a free shop - a kind of GP’s ‘Supermarket Sweep’ thing - at some point in the future.

Just a thought...and I have absolutely no vested interest in this, but like you, I won’t be holding my breath.