Britain is muddling through...

... but with no idea where it's heading.

Jul 20, 2025

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History of the Present (three weeks ending 20 July 2025)

*Still guiding Britain? Or turning in his grave? Churchill in Parliament Square, London. (Author’s photo, 2018)*

Like a chronic ailment, strategic incoherence gnaws at everything Britain does in the world. Keir Starmer’s real achievement in resetting relations with mainland Europe – witness the recent…

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