President Donald J. Trump rolled into his first year in office with huge claims about the ways he would be scaling back government involvement in Americans’ lives. But slashing regulations on businesses isn’t a wholesale way to ensure better lives for the American people.

In light of the events of yesterday’s surprising U.K. General Election, we’re taking a look back to State Department cables regarding the 2001 race - where the only clear winner, no matter the outcome, was business.