Liz Truss declares an end to the age of introspection
A new foreign secretary seeks to reshape British diplomacy
BRITAIN CAN look rather self-absorbed these days. It spent four years wrangling over Brexit, which was often more to do with how Britons felt about each other than about Brussels. Boris Johnson, a flop as foreign secretary elevated to Downing Street, uses international summits for playfights with the French over fish and sausages. Revelations about Downing Street’s illicit Christmas parties fill news channels; the fate of Ukraine does not.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Wakey wakey”
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