It is a stroke of good luck for Boris Johnson that Britain is hosting this year’s G7 summit. The choreography flatters Mr Johnson, casting him as America’s point man in Europe. President Biden sees Brexit as strategic ineptitude, sowing gratuitous division among countries that the US would rather see united. When President Biden talks about strengthening transatlantic relations, he sees Britain for what it is in terms of geography and history – a European country. When the G7 caravan moves on from Cornwall and Mr Biden moves on to Brussels, Mr Johnson faces the same urgent diplomatic task that he has been shirking all year.

Source: The Guardian June 09, 2021 17:59 UTC