The UK does have a special relationship – but it’s with Europe | William Keegan

The government is only deceiving itself by trying to make Brexit work' and forlornly pursuing a trade deal with Trump

Walter Scott knew a thing or two: Oh what a tangled web we weave/When first we practise to deceive."

In many ways, however, Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and their colleagues were deceiving themselves when apparently deceiving the electorate on the subject of taxation.