- June 12, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Economy
LONDON: Skeptics have long argued that the United Kingdom is past its peak and trading largely on former glories.
They point to the country’s middling rankings in the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment education scores and the fact that only one British firm, HSBC, is among the world’s 50 largest public corporations, compared to Germany’s four.
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They highlight the likelihood that Brexit will ultimately erode, rather than boost, Britain’s global standing.
But I disagree with this judgment. After all, the UK is one of only a handful of countries to have produced an effective COVID-19 vaccine in record time.
READ: Commentary: Brexit’s impact on London coming into focus after a few gloomy years
It remains at the forefront of shaping the global green-energy transition, and it was the first major economy to enact legislation requiring it to end its contribution to global warming…
