Britain Is Great at Muddling Through. But Imagine if Its Leaders Knew Where They Were Heading

Britain is great at muddling through. But imagine if its leaders knew where they were heading

Cover image: picture alliance / via REUTERS | Carl Court Like a chronic ailment, strategic incoherence gnaws at everything Britain does in the world. Prime minister Keir Starmer’s real achievement in resetting relations with mainland Europe—witness the recent visits of the French president Emmanuel Macron and the German chancellor Friedrich Merz—does not obscure, and in a way even highlights, this deeper confusion. After 1945, Winston Churchill …

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