Ravaged by austerity, chastened by Brexit, how can Britain have a ‘place in the world’ when it’s destitute at home? | Nesrine Malik

Our shabby domestic reality is a far cry from the imperial grandeur of the Foreign Office. Politicians must recognise thisDeciding on what the UK’s place in the world should be has been like watching politicians spin a wheel. Then spinning it again when the option they landed on doesn’t work out. First, it was the imperial power projections of Brexit, the reassertion of Britain’s place in the world unshackled by the limitations of equal partnership with Europe. You don’t