Philip Pilkington

Europe’s descent into deindustrialisation

The attack on the Nord Stream pipeline will encourage protectionism

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The rapid economic collapse that Britain is facing is simply an accelerated version of what the whole of Europe is about to go through; unsustainable borrowing to fund the gap between high energy prices and what households can actually afford. With the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline, there is now no feasible way back.

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