Britain in a cold climate

In this final article on Britain's foreign economic policy, Will Hutton argues that as the last British pretentions to being a world power are ‘stripped away’, an opportunity exists for a reassessment of its foreign policy aims. These, he maintains, are inevitably linked to domestic policy choices which reflect the kind of society we want. The first of these aims should concentrate on the development of the national economy, any reconstruction of which is most likely to be achieved through a strong alliance with Germany within the context of the EC

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