The insufferably pompous old Etonian Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, champion of all things Brexit (including a hard Brexit) is fond of talking in platitudes about how «global» Britain is. In an article he recently wrote for Prospect magazine entitled «Britain succeeds when it is open to the world» (though in Mr. Kwarteng's vision just not open to the rest of Europe) he puts forth a highly romanticized, almost mythical depiction of Britain throughout the ages. But just how open and global is Britain in reality in its politics and media?..
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