Is Great Britain still that ‘Great’? | Adam Boulton

Soul searching about the UK’s role in the world has broken out again following the publication of a pamphlet by senior diplomats including Mark Sedwill, a former Cabinet Secretary and National Security Adviser. The World in 2040: Renewing The UK’s Approach To International Affairs is being denounced for suggesting the Foreign Office should change its name and tone down its grand headquarters built in 1868 at the height of Great Britain’s imperial pomp. The authors believe a lower profile would befit the reality of our station in the world. “The UK finds itself today in a changed role as a…