In 1974, with the unions in revolt and his government in tatters, prime minister Edward Heath called a general election around the theme “Who governs Britain?”. The answer turned out to be, not him. Instead, Labour’s Harold Wilson moved into Downing Street, to face exactly the same range of problems that had so bedevilled Heath.
Germany and France are twin examples of the EU’s dramatic decline
Starmer is courting the EU at precisely the time when its moribund condition can no longer be concealed.
