Financial Times (August 13)
2012/ 08/ 15 by jd in Global News
“One of the enduring aspirations of post-imperial Britain has been to remain an important player on the world stage. But the country’s self-declared aspiration to “punch above its weight” has sounded increasingly vainglorious and delusional. The fact that Britain is building a new aircraft carrier but cannot currently afford to build the aircraft to go with it seemed to symbolise this losing struggle to stay in the big league…. In these Olympic Games, however, Britain genuinely did punch above its weight.”
Tags: Aircraft carrier, Britain, Olympics, World stage
