The Doom-Mongering About Britain Is Overdone: Matthew Brooker

Britain is in fiscal dire straits, faces an imminent threat of serious civil disorder, is seeing many of its wealthy head for the exits, and has a rudderless and divided government that’s unequal to the task. But the sense of crisis pervading much reporting and discussion on the state of the nation isn’t doing the public psyche any good. The country badly needs a better story.

Are things really as bad as the drumbeat of doom emanating from social media and newspapers would suggest? The picture is skewed, I would argue. The UK has some real and pressing fiscal challenges, but it’s hardly ...