It is time to reappraise our position in the world. For most of modern history the Brits were leaders and able to push our weight around wherever and whenever required. We are in a time when big decisions must be made, and funded by whatever means available. Rejoining the EU is an obvious choice, forming a defence alliance with the remains of NATO, excluding America, is another obvious choice. However, we have continually failed to grow our economy to enable a fully funded NHS, a more robust education system with a minimum of 50% of students either at university or in apprenticeships. We have also allowed over nine million of our fellow citizens to depend on benefits when they should be assisted to gain employment and live normal lives. Why our governments feel unable to tax millionaires and billionaires is beyond me. 40% of attendees at Davos said they would welcome a wealth tax. We need a Maynard Keynes to disrupt the complacency of our society, point the way to a better way of running our lives, especially at the beginning and the end of our lives. It was Lloyd George who asked Keynes to find a way out of the Great Depression of the 1930’s that produced the General Theory. Where are the giants of today?