Russia has pushed Europe into a quasi-Keynesian approach to the defence budget. Only Britain insists on cutting help to the sick to pay for security

As the president of the US provokes trade and economic chaos at home and abroad, an American tells a British friend of mine: “At least your political system removed Truss; we are landed with Trump for four years.”

Unfortunately, when it comes to the worldwide damage being wreaked by Trump and his cronies, the “we” applies to all of us.