James Fennell

2 months ago | cepa.org | James Fennell |Juraj Majcin |Paul Taylor |Sam Greene

Successive British governments have been walking backward towards rearmament. They know the world has changed, they know they need to bolster defense, yet all they can see is the warm glow of the post war-settlement behind them. Like over-optimistic day trippers on English beaches, they are wearing too little too late in the season, and now stand shivering and near-naked as icy gusts of realpolitik whip across the dunes.