Britain is looking alone and bewildered. Ever since the end of World War II, its foreign policy has rested on two pillars: Europe and the “special relationship” with the US. With Trump in the White House and the convulsions of Brexit, both pillars have fallen over.

NHS England has dramatically increased recruitment of workers from states with critical medical staff shortages. / Brexit has left the NHS increasingly dependent on doctors and nurses from poor “red list” countries, from which the World Health Organization says it is wrong to recruit.

Zimbabwe's new president thinks Brexit is a "good thing" because it will "need" Zimbabwe.