A timely piece from STEVEN ERLANGER:
“The ambitious Mr.
Johnson was crucial to the victory of Brexit in the June 2016 referendum. But
for many, the blusterings of Boris have lost their charm. The “great ship” he
loves to cite is a nationalist fantasy, a remnant of Britain’s persistent
post-imperial confusion about its proper place in the world, hanging on to
expensive symbols like a nuclear deterrent while its once glorious navy is
often incapable of patrolling its own coastline.”