Britain's economy was trapped between Brexit and a hard place

Now that the UK election has been won by his conservative party in a landslide victory, victorious Prime Minister Boris Johnson will turn his attention and energies to the economy. And the next five years will be marked by the opposing effects of his party's policies, which owing to major spending commitments on the upside will boost growth, and Brexit, which will hit the economy on the downside whatever the trade deal with the European Un....