Whisper it, but the United States is closer to collapse than you think. News that Joe Biden is now polling behind the execrable Trump in five key states suggests that by 2025 that nation will experience a series of political and constitutional convulsions unequalled since their Civil War. We might regret this bitterly for our many American friends, and for the loss to humanity of its “last, best, hope.” But we here must look to out own interest. Frankly, the outlook is bleak.
Since 1940 (many would argue 1917), the UK has looked to the USA as the ultimate guarantor of both its frontiers and economic sufficiency. The comfortable classes quietly traded their sovereignty for the possession of their fine lawns and houses. The lower orders enjoyed a continuous supply of cheap hamburgers, garish films and narcotics. For the governing classes, the illusion of importance afforded by participation in military enterprises and things like Five Eyes. Yet it would be insane to get into bed with an authoritarian Trump regime, which in any case might soon find itself embroiled in a nuclear war with Iran and its backers. So-what to do?
The UK is now a small, rather insignificant island, in a world of giants. Yet for the first time since 1940 it would be truly able to consult its own interest. Our governing classes(by which we mean politicians, civil servants, academics, and maybe even a few journalists) must now think the unthinkable. They must answer, at least in theory, these questions. Who are our best possible allies? Where are our best trade routes, and how might these be secured? Which nations or religious groups offer the principle threats, both internally and abroad? How might the UK economy be best tuned to ensure maximum chances of survival? Let us hope that they can rise to the challenge
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