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The balance of global power is shifting fast, but Britain is stuck in the same old Brexit rut | Rafael Behr

Politics The Guardian By Rafael Behr 20 May 2026 05:00 1 min read
The balance of global power is shifting fast, but Britain is stuck in the same old Brexit rut | Rafael Behr

Without a reckoning about the epic strategic error of leaving the EU, there is no serious debate about the country’s future place in the world While the Labour party was in meltdown last week, Donald Trump was visiting China. By the time Wes Streeting had sent his resignation letter to Keir Starmer, the US president had completed a two-hour bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and moved on to sightseeing. The events unfolded in parallel, but in the competition for media an

Without a reckoning about the epic strategic error of leaving the EU, there is no serious debate about the country’s future place in the world

While the Labour party was in meltdown last week, Donald Trump was visiting China. By the time Wes Streeting had sent his resignation letter to Keir Starmer, the US president had completed a two-hour bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and moved on to sightseeing.

The events unfolded in parallel, but in the competition for media and Westminster attention the superpower summit couldn’t rival manoeuvres against the prime minister. That is normal. A domestic crisis will always bump foreign events off the news agenda.

Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist

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