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 Il divorzio inglese dall’Ue senza uno straccio di accordo commerciale comincia ad apparire possibile. Si vedrà meglio al termine del round negoziale di questa settimana a Bruxelles. Ma va intanto capita la premessa: il “no deal”, la…

After much deliberation, in mid-July the British government decided to implement restrictions on the role of controversial Chinese company Huawei in the UK’s next-generation 5G telecommunications network. Mobile providers will not be able…

The British government did not have a “good crisis”. On a raft of metrics, the UK’s coronavirus outbreak ranks among the worst in Europe, if the not the worst altogether. To date, official counts have recorded 300,000 coronavirus cases and…

In October 2016, the UK government conducted a national pandemic flu exercise, codenamed Exercise Cygnus. Ministers had to decide what to do as the overwhelming scale of the pandemic became apparent. In contrast to COVID-19, there was a…

The UK’s initial response to the coronavirus emergency appeared effective. Despite its high degree of interconnectedness with the global economy, the number of cases remained low in February. The government appeared highly transparent and…