https://www.scmp.com/rss/327123/feed John Longworth is an entrepreneur, co-chairman of Leave Means Leave, and sits on the advisory boards of Economists for Free Trade and the Institute of Economic Affairs. He was formerly director general of the British Chambers of Commerce. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In the first part of the 19th century, when Britain was fully in the white heat of its booming economy as the first industrialised nation on Earth, a political battle took place. This was the period of the great reform acts, opposed by the establishment of the day. These led to not just the suffrage of many more citizens, extending the democratic base and therefore the legitimacy of the state, but also to the development of free trade.  Perhaps counter-intuitively at this time, the UK reduced or... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2146403/traits-made-britain-great-will-serve-it-well-again-post?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2146403/traits-made-britain-great-will-serve-it-well-again-post?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 May 2018 09:30:15 +0000