Editorial: The prime minister must choose between the promises he made to ‘red wall’ voters, Tory orthodoxy and heading into the political unknown
Over the past four decades, Britain has been beset by slowing productivity, soaring inequality, an environmental emergency and repeated financial crises. Coronavirus has thrown into sharp relief existing disparities, and also created new ones. Those in power seem unwilling to deal with a broken system. They shy away from developing the ideas needed for reform. What’s offered is performance rather than policy.
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