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The UK does have a special relationship – but it’s with Europe | William Keegan

www.theguardian.com 05-01-2025 07:00 0.5 Minutes reading

The government is only deceiving itself by trying to ‘make Brexit work’ and forlornly pursuing a trade deal with Trump

Walter Scott knew a thing or two: “Oh what a tangled web we weave/When first we practise to deceive.”

In many ways, however, Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and their colleagues were deceiving themselves when apparently deceiving the electorate on the subject of taxation.

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