Comparisons to the thirties are by no means overblown – and the City must react

In his address to the nation yesterday, Boris Johnson made a reference both unimaginable just a few weeks ago and one that is now all too relevant. “This is not some faraway country of which we know little,” he said, a reference to Neville Chamberlain’s verdict on the Sudetenland as he readied for appeasement with [...]