Revenge of the Brits
British editors are suddenly leading several U.S. publications. Can it last?
Tom McTague
Tom McTague, a former staff writer at The Atlantic based in London, is the political editor of UnHerd. He is a co-author of Betting the House: The Inside Story of the 2017 Election, and is working on a new book about the history of Britain’s euroskeptic revolution called Conquest: The Fracturing of Britain.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: artisteer / Getty. Qatar Won
For its hosts, this World Cup has already delivered on its PR potential.
Fabrice Coffrini / Getty Empires of Soccer
England’s game is America’s, for now. But the Qatar World Cup shows that no undisputed set of values can unite us all.
Marc Atkins / Getty The Qatar World Cup Exposes Soccer’s Shame
The absurd spectacle of a tiny Gulf petrostate hosting the world’s premier tournament reveals the ugly side of “the beautiful game.”
Erik Carter / The Atlantic Boris Johnson Is Still Afloat
This comeback attempt proved abortive, but it revealed a will to power fully intact. Rishi Sunak had better watch out.
Ben Pruchnie / Getty Britain’s Guilty Men and Women
Liz Truss was just the latest. For the past dozen years, each leader has left the country poorer, weaker, and more divided than the last.
Erik Carter / The Atlantic Don’t Blame Brexit
How tempting it is to trace Liz Truss’s economic fiasco to the decision to leave Europe. If only Britain’s malaise were that simple.
Getty; The Atlantic The Liz Truss Travesty Becomes Britain’s Humiliation
Even by British traditions of political failure, this prime minister’s brief tenure has been a spectacular disaster.
Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty The Hobbit King
Charles III is far more interested in the benefits of traditional English hedgerows than the great, global glory of Britain.
Max Mumby / Indigo / Getty The Queen of the World
The paradox of Elizabeth II’s reign was that in presiding over a shrinking empire, she became a modern global monarch.
Bettmann / Getty
