We are now very, very, very small and we cannot seem to muster enough the operate with any real credibility (or sadly any effectiveness-there are many reasons for that-an unwillingness to accept young lost Brithish lives being primary).
Sad but true, Britain in the mid 21st century is very small. Corbyn knows this.
Except we aren't the minuscule nation you seem to think we've morphed into. We are recognised as wielding the most soft power on the planet; we're the 5th largest economy in the world, with less than 1% of its population; we have given the world some of its biggest technological advances of the 20th and 21st century; we're the nation that lead the charge on a rapid response to the collapse of Lehman brothers; the nation that has preserved its status as a permanent member of the UN Security Council; we have enormous influence and resources. You wouldn't argue that Russia, India, France or Germany are insignificant would you?
Yes the military is much smaller than it used to be, but that is because we have chosen it to be; they get much less, as a slice of the pie, than they have had at any point since WW2. We have the resources to have a military twice the size, we just choose not to.
Those that say we are a tiny, insignificant nation, are not only wrong, they're in danger of talking us into a total withdrawal from world politics