Fergus Finlay: Brexit Britain's response to Ukraine crisis is an international joke

The people of Britain have made it clear they want to help but the generals who led the country into Brexit are incapable of seeing outside the blinkers that they wear

US president Joe Biden, Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson, and France’s president Emmanuel Macron share a light moment ahead of the start of a G7 summit last month. Picture: Getty

Tue, 05 Apr, 2022 - 07:17

Fergus Finlay

Fergus Finlay is a former political activist and adviser to three governments, the former head of the children's charity Barnardos, a writer and a broadcaster.

More and more I believe that for Britain, the end of history is at hand. To put it another way, when the history of this century is written, Brexit will be seen to have been a terrible mistake that doomed ‘Great Britain’ to irrelevance.

Over time, its economy will dwindle, its people will become more and more disenfranchised, its leadership (especially if it remains as it is now) will come to be seen as an international joke.