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Most of us have been in no doubt over who is to blame for the obstacles and burning barricades blocking our route to a viable trade deal. Emmanuel Macron, the sharp-suited, sharp-nosed President of France, has been in the vanguard of those wanting to punish Britain for daring to leave. Desperate to preserve the advantages … Read more
Where is Boris? We are told he’s camping in Scotland with fiancée Carrie Symonds and baby son Wilfred. It’s hard to imagine him banging in tent pegs, or hunched over a flickering Primus stove. Maybe he’s not really camping and being bitten to death by midges but sheltering in a friend’s house on some pleasant … Read more
Even by their own breathtaking standards of arrogance, it takes some weapons-grade chutzpah for private equity companies to come wheedling for a bailout in the form of loans backed by the British taxpayer. They are, after all, supposed to be ultra-capitalists who make their millions by sheer talent and enterprise. It takes even more cheek … Read more