article_snippet: we took difficult decisions in the teeth of opposition and the teeth of opposition worked.
article_snippet: ‘Five years ago, we had suffered a collapse greater than almost any country.
article_snippet: The critical choice facing almost any country now is this: do we return to the chaos of the past?
article_snippet: we choose the future.
highlights_snippet: we took difficult decisions in the teeth of opposition and the teeth of opposition worked.