Carnival of Self-Harm ( www.lrb.co.uk )
Short-term thinking has been the fatal tendency of the Conservative governments to which Britain has been subjected since 2010.
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Short-term thinking has been the fatal tendency of the Conservative governments to which Britain has been subjected since 2010.