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Feb 2021
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Start Your Week: Every Port’s In A Storm...

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What to watch out for in the next seven days: Trumpeachment II and the Republicans’ Faustian bargain with their own fantasists, worsening import-export crisis in Britain’s Brexit-battered ports, Labour exposes the Government’s crony contracts and more. Alex Andreou marks your card for the week ahead. 


  • The in and out valves to this country are jammed.”
  • Haulage is not a curve, its a tipping point. At some point, it will become unprofitable for these businesses to trade in the UK.”
  • Covid-19 is no longer an emergency, its a fact of life.”


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