More than four years after the Brexit vote, Great Britain has finally, formally left the European Union – yet managed to ratify a new trade agreement. In National Review, John O’Sullivan explains why the Remainers (“Rejoiners”?) are likely to fail, for Brexit is as close to irreversible as any decision can be in a democratic society.
Reversing Industrial Suicide
Following the loss of 5 million U.S. industrial jobs from 2000 through 2017, Joel Kotkin in Spiked writes of the growing consensus – alone among Western countries, and despite the U.S. left’s hatred of Donald Trump – to revive America’s industries by “reshoring” manufacturing. Today, writes Kotkin, even some of the famously globalist “tech bros” are opening new facilities back home to manufacture tangible, advanced products. One sign of success: China is measurably bleeding in its manufacturing output.
