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The big state will not save us
Mark Littlewood
The Daily Telegraph
Getting Brexit done and the success of the vaccine rollout have carried Boris Johnson’s government thus far, says Mark Littlewood. But neither is going to matter much in the months and years to come. After coronavirus restrictions are lifted (see page 8), “normal bread-and-butter issues” will return to salience, and “the Conservative cupboard is extraordinarily bare”. “Levelling up” and “build back better” are “mere catchphrases, not serious strategies”. But they signal that the government
