Grown-Up Growth

Just in case we didn't know that the grown-ups are back in charge, Team Starmer's spokesbeing for business has proclaimed that, whatever the Chancellor may have told the little people, economic growth really isn't so frightfully important after all. The Government intends to continue the Conservative policy of pursuing solo trade deals with our close neighbours in Vietnam, Australia and Mexico, which will produce no significant economic growth and will preclude any significant reset of relations with the EU. This will solve all sorts of problems because our recent difficulties in trading with the EU have resulted not from flouncing out of the bloc but from the previous adminstration's adversarial approach. Obviously, non-membership of a club is no barrier to participation as long as you refuse to pay the subscription fee in a properly diplomatic manner. Even more importantly, a valuable atmosphere of stability will doubtless be provided by the uninterrupted continuation of the Conservative policy of appeasing the Farage Falange at all costs.