Reassuring speeches can’t save Britain from political breakdown

Theresa May is laying the foundations for Britain ceasing to be “Great”

British Brime minister Tersea May Pic: Getty

Politics is a funny business. Donald Trump wants to make America great again. President Obama and Hillary Clinton say America is already great. Across the pond, as our American cousins say, Theresa May and her happy clappy band of Brexiteers are laying the foundations for Britain ceasing to be “Great”.

As we ponder on our small island what it all means, it looks as if we are viewing both our American and our ...