When the coronavirus first struck, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain agonized long and hard before closing stores, pubs, and restaurants as part of the country’s fight against the disease. But with the spread of the virus now curbed, easing the lockdown is proving harder still. On Monday Mr. Johnson’s long-anticipated blueprint for the reopening of the economy ran into a barrage of opposition, as critics pointed to gaps and contradictions in a plan that left many pondering basic questions such as when to return to work and how to get there. “What the country needs is clarity and reassurance, and at the moment both are in short supply,” Keir Starmer, leader of the opposition Labour Party, told Parliament. Mr. Starmer accused Mr. Johnson of spreading “considerable confusion” in a country that is among the worst hit in Europe by the […]