"The bullying of Ukraine by the Trump White House has exposed Sir Keir Starmer as a prime minister adrift in shifting geopolitics. Unable to describe Britain's position, he managed only a hope of lasting peace. This reveals a British state that has been hollowed out, as well as the diminishing returns of a political order built for another age."
"Monday's Downing Street summit with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, threw the dilemma that Sir Keir faces into sharp relief. Mr Macron could speak of the cards in Europe's hand; Germany's leader could voice scepticism about American proposals. Even Mr Zelenskyy, fighting for national survival, could pithily articulate why he needed both Europe and the US. Each spoke from within a political system that, however imperfect, has begun adapting to a post-American world. Britain has not and, under its present leadership, shows little inclination to even envision one."
Bullying of Ukraine by the Trump White House exposed a British prime minister adrift amid shifting geopolitics and unable to define Britain's stance beyond hoping for lasting peace. European leaders at the Downing Street summit articulated clearer, system-rooted strategic positions while Britain lagged, revealing a state hollowed out by long-term decline. Financialisation has driven economic imbalance, overvalued sterling, hollowed manufacturing and high private debt, undermining sovereign capacity. Political appeals to civic unionism clash with frayed class and regional solidarities, managerialism and marketisation. Present leadership combines moral transformation rhetoric with hyper-cautious spending, yielding diminished strategic purpose and shrinking autonomy.
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