I’m extremely proud to be British and utterly unapologetic about that pride. Britain taught the world what freedom means. But often these days I look across the pond at the United States and think you guys might be on to something.

I’m not claiming you get everything right, but America still believes that leadership means taking decisions, not dodging them.

It’s that courage to act, even when it’s unpopular, that makes a nation strong. Britain on the other hand is being led by a government that mistakes timidity for wisdom.

Keir Starmer took office 16 months ago, and Britain has watched him surrender our sovereignty in the Chagos Islands and this month preside over the collapse of a major spying case against China.

Too afraid to expose Beijing’s interference in our democracy and now

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