The one thing I’ll say is that I’ve seen liberals in the US, whether on the national stage or even here, constantly self flagellate for getting it wrong last year. Unfortunately, the reaction on this side of the pond has been denial and burying our head in the sand. The number of compium takes I’ve seen on these election losses is way too damn high.
Vulcanic_1984 on
I do wonder if what distinguishes the UK and America on one hand from Australia and Canada on the other is that Australia and Canada probably view themselves as exceptional to some degree but never as the world’s sole great superpower.
A huge part of the cognitive dissonance in the us and the UK is built on a (false) assumption of godlike powers of American and English (not a typo, this is entirely an English phenomenon) might and influence. “We can close borders and install tariffs because God knows they can never live without us.” America does have some leverage because of the size of the domestic market and its military but the UK has much less. But even then America’s influence comes in part from its relative benevolence – if everyone is equally bad then the Chinese are arguably more reliable and likely to follow through on promises.
portofibben on
Props to the photo editor from The Economist.
MethyleneBlueEnjoyer on
As said before, no observable “Trump effect” in Europe.
oywiththepoodles96 on
Replace Starmer as leader of the Labour Party and PM .
ResponsibleChange779 on
I think it was last year that The Economist had this really nice cover piece on how the UK had integrated it’s immigrants remarkably well and how it should be a role model for other countries. Looking back, I think that jinxed it.
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The one thing I’ll say is that I’ve seen liberals in the US, whether on the national stage or even here, constantly self flagellate for getting it wrong last year. Unfortunately, the reaction on this side of the pond has been denial and burying our head in the sand. The number of compium takes I’ve seen on these election losses is way too damn high.
I do wonder if what distinguishes the UK and America on one hand from Australia and Canada on the other is that Australia and Canada probably view themselves as exceptional to some degree but never as the world’s sole great superpower.
A huge part of the cognitive dissonance in the us and the UK is built on a (false) assumption of godlike powers of American and English (not a typo, this is entirely an English phenomenon) might and influence. “We can close borders and install tariffs because God knows they can never live without us.” America does have some leverage because of the size of the domestic market and its military but the UK has much less. But even then America’s influence comes in part from its relative benevolence – if everyone is equally bad then the Chinese are arguably more reliable and likely to follow through on promises.
Props to the photo editor from The Economist.
As said before, no observable “Trump effect” in Europe.
Replace Starmer as leader of the Labour Party and PM .
I think it was last year that The Economist had this really nice cover piece on how the UK had integrated it’s immigrants remarkably well and how it should be a role model for other countries. Looking back, I think that jinxed it.