In recent years in British politics I’ve seen this creeping insularity and inward-looking approach and exceptionalism that I don’t think is healthy in a world where we need interconnectedness and need to work together.
Commenting on the state of British politics.
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This can no longer be ignored. The UK is not a unitary state. It is failing at the moment.
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