Is Britain’s ‘deep state’ fact or a right-wing fiction?

Jacob Rees-Mogg is not alone in accusing bureaucrats of secret meddling

Whitehall

Attacks on civil service and Treasury officials have led to murmurings about a shadowy UK “deep state”, a term usually reserved for rogue US bureaucrats who secretly manipulate American policy.

Talk of Britain’s villainous deep state was revived last week when Buzzfeed published a leaked Brexit analysis that suggested the UK economy would grow more slowly outside the EU than inside.

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