The balance of global power is shifting fast, but Britain is stuck in the same old Brexit rut | Rafael Behr

Key points

• While the Labour party was in meltdown last week, Donald Trump was visiting China.
• By the time Wes Streeting had sent his resignation letter to Keir Starmer, the US president had completed a two-hour bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and moved on to sightseeing.
• The events unfolded in parallel, but in the competition for media and Westminster attention the superpower summit couldn’t rival manoeuvres against the prime minister.
• That is normal.
• A domestic crisis will always bump foreign events off the news agenda.