Johnson spots an opportunity over state aid - and it may work
(The Guardian Business News)

If he wants working-class Labour votes the PM can´t promote the rightwing post-Brexit ideal of Singapore-on-ThamesLatest election news - live updatesHugely disturbing, said the Adam Smith Institute. A recipe for cronyism and pure protectionism, said the Institute of Economic Affairs. A bad solution in search of the wrong problem, according to the Institute of Directors.No, this was not the verdict on Labour´s manifesto from three organisations that played a pivotal role in Margaret Thatcher´s revolution after 1979 but their horrified reaction at Boris Johnson´s betrayal of free-market principles. Continue reading...