Britain is unravelling in front of our eyes. No week passes without another dial on the economic, social and security dashboard flashing either amber or red. Thus last Friday we learned that after the closure of our last remaining steel blast furnaces in Port Talbot, Britain will become the only G20 country without the capacity to make virgin steel.
Meanwhile our Nato allies are increasingly concerned that Britain’s army is shrinking so fast that our military capacity is doubted. Fresh analysis from the Financial Times revealed that outrageously expensive housing means that most young adults now live at home until 34 – with all that means for family formation and the ability to adopt the full mantle of adulthood.
