For decades, a shadowy network of lobbyists and campaigners have been beavering away in offices based in and around Westminster’s 55 Tufton Street, pushing the idea that the UK needs to slash regulations to maximise economic growth.
With the dawn of Brexit, this ideology found a vehicle. And thanks to the Tufton Street network, there was no shortage of drivers.
The network’s basic argument was that to secure favourable trade deals with the US and other countries, the UK needs to do away with obstructive things like environmental protections. And the quickest way to do so is through a hard or no-deal Brexit.
