It’s time for Labour to put Britain first

Less than a month into President Trump’s new administration and the change to international norms is astounding. Well-established practices on tariffs have been upended, alterations to national boundaries called for, alliances challenged, and aid spending thrown to the wind. This is only the beginning for a president determined to rewrite the rule book. His shakeup comes on top of the systematic efforts by China and Russia to reimagine the world order. ‘Right now there are changes – the likes of which we haven’t seen for 100 years – and we are the ones driving these changes together,’ said President Xi to President Putin as far back as 2023.

We are, in short, seeing the biggest strategic reorganisation of the international order since the second world war. It is increasingly a dangerous time too, with more than 110 conflicts going on around the world and the looming threat of war over Taiwan.