Some things are unavoidable. This was not.
Consigning citizens and regions to the economic rubbish bin can be avoided by any UK PM. Full employment should be the norm -- full stop. This will only happen, however, if the Cohens of the world demand that the PMs do so. (In an abundance of caution, I want to make it explicit that my reference to "Cohens" is to journalists, not members of the Kohanim).
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