Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation is part of Britain’s great moderation
Pragmatism is taking hold north and south of the border
The image of Britain as a land of phlegmatic common sense has taken a beating in the past ten years. This is a country that voted to leave the European Union without any coherent plan to make the best of it; whose two main parties offered the electorate the choice of Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn in 2019; and whose union has frayed in the face of successful nationalist movements in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “The great moderation ”
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