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Meanwhile, in Brussels
Nine months to go before the end of the Transition Period and the end of the customs union, and so many politicians and clerks distracted. ...
Brexit to blame for COVID-19
An exclusive report pinpoints the blame for the COVID-19 epidemic on Brexit. We will show Britain’s leaving the European Empire led directly ...
The broken fence
There’s a broken fence nearby. Nothing spectacular – just a stretch by the path pulled down by weather and neglect. It belongs to no ...
Don’t make us resent this
Being kicked out of Tesco is a low point. One person per trolley and then my wife has to walk six paces behind me, which is positively mediaeval. ...
Famine speculators – the Adam Smith view
In a time of plague or scarcity, there is little love for the speculator who raises prices, and often a call for the government to intervene. Adam ...
What about those who are immune?
Sitting, staring into eternity as everything closes down, forbidden to walk amongst humanity for another’s fear of my being infected or ...
COVID-19: a nation divided
Britain is in crisis: the nation is deeply divided with a virulence not seen in living memory – since January in fact. COVID-19 has riven ...
The Case of China
Adam Smith observed in The Wealth of Nations (1776): China has been long one of the richest—i.e. one of the most fertile, best cultivated, most ...