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A future of trade wars and isolationism will not solve the grand challenges which are dragging down fragile economies.
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British business will be hoping that, by shrouding herself in the Union Jack, Theresa May has not overplayed her hand.
A plan for Britain needs European co-operation.
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Going in with all guns blazing is not really how Europe does business – but that’s never stopped Britain.
Sturgeon popularity.
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With a second Scottish referendum ‘all but inevitable’, here’s a strange pill for the nationalists to swallow.
Standing tall.
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The one audience that was prepared for a hard Brexit, it seems, was the City of London.
A ‘Global Britain’ may be difficult to achieve.
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Theresa May will find that having a seat at the table is not the same as being on the wrong side of it.
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The way the pound rebounded does not reflect long-term confidence in the currency.
May is clinging to the glory days as she prepares for Brexit.
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The PM is overestimating Brexit Britain’s place in the world as she boldly strides out of the single market.
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The effects of a sovereign credit rating downgrade would be painful for all South Africans.
May takes a hard line on Brexit.
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The UK prime minister is squaring up to European negotiators in pledging a hard Brexit. But is she overplaying her hand?
Theresa May goes global.
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The UK’s decision to leave the single market and customs union will have huge consequences.
Part of a mural commemorating the 1936 Battle of Cable Street.
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The ‘hero’ of one year can prove to be the villain of later ones.
Trade dealer in chief.
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President-elect Donald Trump has offered the UK a quick post-Brexit trade deal but he’ll face some legal hurdles to make it happen.
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When politicians win by stoking nationalism and isolationism, who will be brave enough to walk the harder path?
Is the new PM unravelling?
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As pressure mounts, the prime minister needs to prove that her thinking is not ‘muddled’ on some key issues.
‘My fellow disenfranchised Americans …’
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New measure of 32 countries’ economic balance places UK and US near bottom of the pile.
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Buzzfeed is being damned for publishing unverified and salacious information about the president-elect, raising questions about media ethics in the digital world.
Corbyn’s first big speech of the year was full of contradictions.
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It’s not going to be easy to square this circle, but the Labour leader isn’t presenting a meaningful post-Brexit vision.
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MPs have proposed Britain follows Canada’s model allowing regions to decide how many immigrants they let in.
New hat, new plan.
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The plan is to start again in 2017, but the Labour leader’s key messages are still too vague.