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Fool Britannia? A covid-19 response under scrutiny

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After a series of government missteps, people in Britainโ€”and, increasingly, outside itโ€”are lambasting the covid-19 response. That has great reputational costs. In a story suited to a television drama, a Filipino network popular with the people but critical of the president has been forced off the air. And our columnist finds surprising modern resonance in a 1950s Argentinian novel. 

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