British political-media class seem not to understand, at a deep level, that other countries have democratic politics. They’re treated as plot devices and minor characters in the drama of U.K. politics.
But now U.K. politics is impotent and these minor characters are writing the script, into one where the U.K.’s actions and motivations don’t matter. They can’t understand it. Why are these people not following the script? Why aren’t they listening?
The U.K. turned up expecting Hamlet and is now watching Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.
Originally posted as a thread of 3 tweets on Twitter on 21 September 2018. View the original thread.