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If it wants British businesses to do well, the British Government should stop Brexit: “I’m from the government and I’m

If it wants British businesses to do well, the British Government should stop Brexit: “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Ronald Reagan said these were the nine most terrifying words in the English language. It was a joke, but for a quarter of a century British ministers took Reagan’s quip seriously. Successive Conservative administrations subscribed to the philosophy that the Government’s economic responsibility was limited to controlling public spending and cutting taxes. For Labour, the only real difference was that it favoured more redistribution.

Source: www.independent.co.uk

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