Analysis: The US and UK seemed to be on remarkably similar political journeys for the past four years. But coronavirus reveals countries’ fates are no longer intertwined—or perhaps never were.
For the past four years, the story goes, Britain and America have been on remarkably similar political journeys. The twin revolutions of the Brexit referendum and the rise of Donald Trump played out in a dizzying succession of bitter, acrimonious clashes, less between right and left than between populist nationalists and elite globalists.
The past week has made obvious just how quickly the two countries’ stories are diverging. On Sunday night, Queen Elizabeth II addressed the nation: a sign of the seriousness of the situation, and a reminder of the strength and solidarity that Britain is still capable of. “Together we are tackling this disease, and I want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we shall overcome it,” the 93-year-old monarch told the country.
With Johnson now out of the ICU and, judging by the latest indications from the British government, on the road to recovery in St. Thomas’ Hospital, across the river from Westminster, the health of the country and the health of its political leader feel connected. Grim though it has been to contemplate the worst-case scenario, it is also a sobering reminder that politics is fundamentally about public service by and for real people, not the performative act it has felt like in recent years.
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