Who broke Britain? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which experts and writers debate the issues that concern them about modern Britain. • You won’t know James Bevan, but you should know what he did to this country• Boris Johnson wrecked Britain. But this man left even deeper scars• The hardcore socialist whose ruinous idea is why Liz Truss became PM• The ‘Red Tory’ behind one of the most anti-feminist ideas in British politics• Martin Lewis: the money-saving expert… who accidentally cost Britons billions• The cooking revolutionary who overthrew traditional British dishes• Modern British dating is a car-crash – and Cilla Black is to blame

Who broke Britain? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which experts and writers debate the issues that concern them about modern Britain.

• You won’t know James Bevan, but you should know what he did to this country• Boris Johnson wrecked Britain. But this man left even deeper scars• The hardcore socialist whose ruinous idea is why Liz Truss became PM• The ‘Red Tory’ behind one of the most anti-feminist ideas in British politics• Martin Lewis: the money-saving expert… who accidentally cost Britons billions• The cooking revolutionary who overthrew traditional British dishes• Modern British dating is a car-crash – and Cilla Black is to blame

In my humble opinion, the person who broke Britain is Irene Rosenfeld, the American businesswoman, who was the executive chair of US company Kraft Foods when they launched a hostile takeover of Cadbury in 2010. And not just her; all the soulless underlings who sallied forth to do her bidding – but I’m only allowed to blame the current state of the UK on one person in this article, so Irene, it is.

Cadbury was an icon of British industry and philanthropy; the fact it made damn tasty chocolate was just a bonus. The Cadbury family built the brand on socialist principles in the 19th century, using the vast wealth their product generated to build hospitals, establish saving banks for the working classes, and provide vital resources for the blind. This was a time when the mega rich used their wealth to build libraries and public parks, not spaff it up the wall on rockets that don’t work.

John Cadbury was a Quaker, a teetotaller, and an early environmentalist. He campaigned for........

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