MICHAEL AVERY: Patel’s second coming was pure farce after initial tragedy
The trade minister was blinded to the needs of a modern, open, sophisticated economy
27 May 2024 - 05:00
Karl Marx observed in his 1851 essay “The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon” that “Hegel says somewhere that all great events and personalities in world history reappear in one fashion or another. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.”
I couldn’t help but be reminded of this while reading of the decision by trade, industry & competition minister Ebrahim Patel to retire after the election...
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