There is a demolition going on, barely reported by the mainstream media. British liberal democracy is being battered, dismantled, and demolished by illiberal populism hiding behind the myth of sovereignty, or ‘taking our country back’. The wrecking ball is already in full swing. The first big victim will be the British economy itself, until a […]
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There is a demolition going on, hardly reported in the news and almost never by the BBC or the most of the press. The demolition is that of the British economy, until this year sustained by external trade and investor confidence. Britain’s economy is collapsing under the weight of a double debt overhang, both of […]