UK’s economy shrank by a record 5.8% in March from February as the COVID-19 crisis escalated and the government ordered a shutdown of much of the country to stop the spread of the virus, according to official data. From January to March 2020, the UK’s GDP contracted 2.0% from the ...
There’s something profound about the irony. The world’s highest coronavirus death tolls belong to two countries whose leaders came to power promising the restoration of greatness and control – the United States and Great Britain. Neither can claim to have been caught by surprise: both nations had the benefit of ...
