At the end of January, as Britain left the European Union, a bold chronicler might have been tempted to pre-write pages for 2020 in the history books. After months of deliberation, acrimonious wrangling and contrasting forecasts, this was the year that it finally happened. Nobody, whether they proudly waved a Union flag or shed a tear on the night of January 31, could have forecast what lay ahead. Within two months Covid-19 had usurped Brexit’s place at the top of the agenda. The virus, which delivered blows to growth and employment,

Source: The Times August 26, 2020 23:03 UTC