The UK faces fiscal agitation on a enormous proportion “if its not”, after all, to pursue’ Brexit in name only’

One of the benefits of my trade is that the best forums often take place in the best situates. I no longer attend the Davos World Economic Forum but last weekend observed the 25 th annual summit for British and Italian reporters hosted by the Italian government in- well, Venice.

Before I left, several people asked why I was going, because pictures of Venice under spray had been flashed various regions of the world. “Climate change, global warming” seemed to be the general verdict.

The government’s own internal studies and analysis point to a severe threat from abandoning the single market

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