1940s civil servant on how Britain had fallen into the second tier post war:
“We are not a great power and never will be again. We are a great nation, but if we continue to behave like a great power we shall soon cease to be a great nation.”
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“We are not a great power and never will be again. We are a great nation, but if we continue to behave like a great power we shall soon cease to be a great nation.”
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.@philipstephens:
“Anthony Eden’s disastrous Suez expedition and the Brexit decision 60 years later were bookends in this search for a role - the first, empire’s last trumpet, the second a refusal even after four decades of EU membership to accept a more modest role.”
“Anthony Eden’s disastrous Suez expedition and the Brexit decision 60 years later were bookends in this search for a role - the first, empire’s last trumpet, the second a refusal even after four decades of EU membership to accept a more modest role.”
“The Brexiters have long confused sovereignty with power. The notional sovereignty now reclaimed from Brussels does not confer a capacity to act. Instead, Britain has lost its voice in European affairs and diminished its influence in Washington.”
“The days of great power posturing have passed. As for Europe, history as well as geography and geopolitics tells us that sooner or later Britain will be drawn back to its own continent.”
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