Is globalism driving Britain’s decline? In this episode, I connect the post-World War II globalist liberal consensus with mass migration, deindustrialisation and the loss of British manufacturing, foreign ownership of UK assets, trade and capital liberalisation, rising national debt, weak GDP-per-capita growth, and the erosion of British culture, national identity and belonging.

The post-war liberal international order was built partly in response to the horrors of nationalism and the Second World War. It helped deliver decades of relative peace—but did its rejection of borders, national preference and economic sovereignty also create major blind spots?

Using evidence on UK net migration, the foreign-born share of the population, privatisation, overseas ownership of UK-quoted shares, foreign direct investment, manufacturing employment, fertility, public debt and GDP per head, I examine how the global movement of people, money, trade and production has transformed Britain.

I also explain the family-home analogy: the nation-state as a home belonging to its citizens, existing within a neighbourhood of other nations. The answer is not a return to dehumanising nationalism or the destruction of international cooperation. I argue for a middle way—strong borders, democratic national sovereignty, protection of British culture, citizens’ interests and strategic assets, combined with fair trade, peaceful cooperation and mutual benefit between nations.

Has the post-war globalist consensus reached the end of its useful life? Can Britain recover national belonging and democratic control without repeating the darkest mistakes of the past?

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