'Bit player' Britain risks being stuck on foreign policy sidelines | Politics | The Guardian
Doesn't bother me either, if I'm honest. Watching UK forces fail to achieve in Iraq and Afghanistan, then watching the futility of assisting with a regime change in Libya, have finally stopped the UK public backing the politicians in foreign follies (that shouldn't concern us any more), at least until the next generation forgets.
On a final thought, I sometimes wonder if one or two of Putin's hoods has put a frightener on some of our nearest and dearest political figures.They who are normally shouting for a military engagement from the roof tops. Election soon - I bet the Russians have thick juicy dossiers on some of our political people.