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Why are steel and fishing the only industries politicians care about? What about the ones that make real money? | Zoe Williams

theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/03/why-steel-fishing-all-politicians-care-about

Education and culture are worth vastly more to the UK. But you don’t see ministers cosying up to the US to support them, or opposition leaders complaining they’ve been ‘betrayed’
On Wednesday, UK trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds will meet US trade representative Jamieson Greer in order…

This story appeared on theguardian.com, 2025-06-03 10:00:33.