There is something ironic about the fact that just as Donald Trump has made it clear that Europe needs to start defending itself, Britain has been moving in the opposite direction: and indulging in the fantasy of soft power.

Already this year, the government has argued that Britain must give away the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, which is a puppet of China, because the International Telecommunications Union might rule against Britain and that such a ruling might put broad spectrum military communications at ‘legal risk’. You