Kim Spence-Jones on Nostr: npub1g0tuf…3tvm4 Two things can be true at the same time. 😁 The UK’s malaise ...
npub1g0tuf634rz4suczwj7kgnecr6cyt0eu9xmp3sp0fku68mqehq4msp3tvm4 (npub1g0t…tvm4) Two things can be true at the same time. 😁
The UK’s malaise is deep-seated and has been around for a century. Membership of the EU hid its most egregious effects, but Brexit has turned it into a crisis.
The root cause is probably British exceptionalism — we have a wildly inflated idea of both our importance and our competence. And nowhere is this more evidenced than in our political system and the incompetence of our politicians.
The UK’s malaise is deep-seated and has been around for a century. Membership of the EU hid its most egregious effects, but Brexit has turned it into a crisis.
The root cause is probably British exceptionalism — we have a wildly inflated idea of both our importance and our competence. And nowhere is this more evidenced than in our political system and the incompetence of our politicians.