There are moments in the life of a nation when the mask slips and the truth becomes unavoidable. Britain has spent forty years pretending that ownership is irrelevant, that global markets will provide, and that strategic industries can be traded away without consequence. Today’s announcement — that British Steel is set to return to public … Continue reading
Set featured image 1,307 words, 7 minutes read time. In an extraordinary move that signals a sharp departure from decades of hands-off industrial policy, the Labour government has taken emergency control of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant, the last site in the country still producing primary steel from raw materials. The decision, rushed through Parliament in … Continue reading