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Empty shelves, drained petrol pumps, rising costs: the consequences of Brexit are biting hard, the British government is in denial, yet Keir Starmer and Labour still cannot capitalise politically

Aggression towards outside investors is a sign that the Japanese heavyweight is sinking from the burden of ossified governance structures and misplaced loyalties

The early days of the Covid-19 pandemic were dominated by loudmouths, incompetents and populists. Then the serious people took over