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There are costs to glorious isolation

David Cameron studiously ignores a European headache

By Bagehot

DAVID Cameron gave a speech today about gingering up British tourism. It was full of all manner of sensible stuff about the importance of the tourist industry. It is Britain's third highest export earner after chemicals and financial services, he noted, and employs almost 10% of the British workforce.

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