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British Steel and the death of dim-witted globalisation

14 April 2025

1:14 AM

14 April 2025

1:14 AM

The dewy-eyed and rather dim-witted vision of globalisation is dead, I think for good. Labour is to effectively re-nationalise British Steel in Scunthorpe and in making the announcement that Parliament was to be recalled, Sir Keir Starmer said: ‘This afternoon, the future of British Steel hangs in the balance. Jobs, investment, growth, our economic and national security are all on the line.

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