The embracing of his economic principles by the Younger Pitt had much to do with Britain avoiding that ruin and instead leading the first industrial revolution. Could a similarly rosy outcome follow the disasters of the May government’s flawed attempt to escape German-dominated EU might? Time will tell, though we should report that there is no Adam Smith and no Younger Pitt and perhaps crucially no Prince Talleyrand, in view.
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How the UK Can Escape Angela Merkel and the EU
Mit der CDU will ich nichts zu tun haben.
— Angela Merkel (Bundeskanzlerin, 1990)