Brexit makes no sense in a world dominated by Trump. Britain’s place is back in the EU | Jonathan Freedland
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From defence to trade, the incoming US president is upending the old order – and standing apart from our neighbours leaves us dangerously exposed, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

It’s one damned thing after another. As Keir Starmer is discovering, government, like life, can feel like a fusillade of events, each coming faster than the one before. If it’s not a cabinet minister resigning over a past fraud conviction, it’s MPs voting for assisted dying – and that’s just in one day. Through that blizzard of news, it can be hard to make out the lasting changes in the landscape – even those that have profound implications for our place in the world.

  • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
    111·
    2 days ago

    The US isn’t really a stable and reliable partner any more. And now that we’re not in the EU we’re less of an asset for the US. I’m definitely in favour of closer ties to Europe again.

    Unless China wants to work something out. I’m easy.

    • Camelbeard@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 days ago

      I think the EU will also be forced to get closer to China when the US is going more in the “America first” direction. If they will introduce massive tarifs the EU probably has to look for other countries to trade with.

    • quinceyBones@lemmy.zipEnglish
      41·
      2 days ago

      You want to work things out with a brutal regime like China? A country who has getting revenge on Britain for the “century of humiliation” as one of their driving goals?