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Bereft of leadership when the nation needs it most

The last time Britain faced a financial crisis on the scale of the current one was in 1931.

The last time Britain faced a financial crisis on the scale of the current one was in 1931. Confidence in the national economy totally collapsed; speculators were in overdrive; the nation's reserves were seeping away.