Theresa May’s vision of a global Britain is just a Brexit fantasy | Martin Kettle

The prime minister’s speech in China shows Britain is great – at self-deceit. We must wake up to our real place in the world

We meet this evening, says Cassius to Brutus as they begin to plot the death of Julius Caesar. “Till then,” he adds, “think of the world.” It isn’t the most famous line in Shakespeare’s play, now given a pulsating, must-see new production by Nicholas Hytner at London’s Bridge theatre. But those words leap across the centuries and instantly engage with the modern mind.

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