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The Disgrace of the Old Guard

The Disgrace of the Old Guard
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak take part in a science lesson at King Solomon Academy in Marylebone, London, Britain, on April 29, 2021. Dan Kitwood/Pool via Reuters
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The news was everywhere this morning: Liz Truss, foreign secretary, is the new British Prime Minister. As usual, one had to dig deeper than the mainstream media line to find out why she won over Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the Exchequer. Sunak had belatedly said that he was wrong to support lockdowns in the nation where the rights of the people must always prevail. Trouble is that no one believed him: he marched alongside Boris Johnson as the government drove the country to ruin.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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