On the subject of Europe, Cameron the great moderniser is painfully 20th century. His excellent speech in January seemed to grasp the way that the current structure of the EU – simultaneously rigid and weak – cannot handle the changing shape of the modern world. Yet his actual behaviour is reactive, defensive, enmeshed in over-clever thoughts about deals he might be able to do with the Germans. Strange that a man so capable of leading holds back where leadership is most needed.
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