Losing ground against the US, Germany and France since 2007, poor British productivity is a currency crisis in the making. The gap grows wider, leaving Great Britain thoroughly unprepared for future geopolitical and economic disruptions
Mrs. Truss may have believed that the fabled transmutation of leaden ideology into golden opportunity was for real. No one was convinced and the bad actors of this poor show should be brought to account.
The UK will maintain access to the single market with some rule-setting flexibility but the essential ingredients of a successful treaty, trust, shared values and far sighted mutual engagement, do not look promising
Romantic principles have a way of stirring emotion and of nursing frustration, and Mr. Johnson delivered a consummate appeal in the court of public opinion. From dream to reality, wake-up calls are hard to make
