James Forsyth James Forsyth

Why this G7 summit matters more than most

Credit: Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street 
issue 12 June 2021

It’s risky planning a trip to the British seaside at any time of year. But if the weather forecast is to be believed, Boris Johnson will get away with this gamble at the weekend’s meeting of the G7 at Carbis Bay in Cornwall.

Brexit’s critics were always going to seize on any evidence that Britain was being sidelined by the rest of the world after we left the EU.

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