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Life moves on for most of us, but not for romantic nostalgics such as Giles Fraser

Where to start with the article by media-vicar/socialist-Leaver/etc Giles Fraser, a rumination on the wondrous past, that has caused a very modern Twitter storm?

In his piece “Why won’t Remainers talk about family?” (freedom of movement/social mobility undermines family life… blah blah), Fraser embarked on what one could only presume was a secret mission to make Jacob Rees-Mogg look cutting-edge. Although difficult to condense, it was basically an argument for the UK to go full Amish and stop messing about with that “neoliberal globalisation/social mobility/freedom of movement” malarkey.

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