"Gideon Rachman
Published 39 MINUTES AGO
...Trump has done a lot to create the conditions for Britain to draw closer to the EU. The US president’s erratic and abusive behaviour towards the UK — imposing tariffs, insulting the British armed forces, courting Russia — has alienated the British public and woken up the country’s governing class. A YouGov poll last week showed that just 14 per cent of British people still believed Britain and the US had a “special relationship” and only 18 per cent wanted to be closer to America. By contrast, 57 per cent wanted to get closer to the EU.
Economics, geopolitics and domestic politics now all point the Starmer government towards Brussels and away from Washington.
In his speech, the prime minister openly acknowledged that “Brexit did deep damage to our economy”. America’s non-partisan National Bureau of Economic Research recently estimated that it had cumulatively cost the UK up to 8 per cent of GDP. Supporters of Brexit dispute these figures. But they are losing the argument with the British public. A large majority now believe that it was a mistake to leave the EU."
FT.com
Published 39 MINUTES AGO
...Trump has done a lot to create the conditions for Britain to draw closer to the EU. The US president’s erratic and abusive behaviour towards the UK — imposing tariffs, insulting the British armed forces, courting Russia — has alienated the British public and woken up the country’s governing class. A YouGov poll last week showed that just 14 per cent of British people still believed Britain and the US had a “special relationship” and only 18 per cent wanted to be closer to America. By contrast, 57 per cent wanted to get closer to the EU.
Economics, geopolitics and domestic politics now all point the Starmer government towards Brussels and away from Washington.
In his speech, the prime minister openly acknowledged that “Brexit did deep damage to our economy”. America’s non-partisan National Bureau of Economic Research recently estimated that it had cumulatively cost the UK up to 8 per cent of GDP. Supporters of Brexit dispute these figures. But they are losing the argument with the British public. A large majority now believe that it was a mistake to leave the EU."
FT.com
