Roberto Unger is right: we need a post-Brexit national project to help us unite and rebuild. Just as in the 1950s Britain had “lost an empire and not yet found a role”, so in the 2020s we have left Europe and not yet found a purpose.
What prevents such a project is the chronic short-termism of British politics. The longest perspective for a prime minister is at best the next election. That makes it difficult to pursue large national projects.
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