I have been here for two weeks and watched Cate Blanchett soar in The Seagull at the Barbican Theatre, and Rami Malek enthral in Oedipus at the Old Vic. I’ve hacked around the Old Course at Sunningdale Golf Club and marvelled at the cherry blossoms in Holland Park in west London. It is a spring of hope and yet a winter of fiscal despair looms for the country — but a helpful idea comes from an unlikely source: Donald Trump. The spontaneous media reaction to any Trumpian proposition is to pillory, and frequently for good reason. Look under the bonnet, though, and his $5 million “gold card” is a compelling


Source:   The Times
April 06, 2025 11:07 UTC