Top UK Politician Reports Rules-Based International Order Now Just Glue Failures
KEY POINTS
- •On January 6, 2026, Health Secretary Wes Streeting expressed concern about weakening support for the international rules-based order.
- •Streeting and Kemi Badenoch both acknowledged global cooperation is failing but differed on accepting this reality.
- •Streeting vowed Britain would work hard this year without resorting to easy solutions to rebuild global trust and security.
On January 6, 2026, UK's Health Secretary Wes Streeting, apparently moonlighting as a diplomat, joined Kemi Badenoch in confessing that the rules-based international order is about as sturdy as a house of cards in a hurricane. On GB News, Streeting lamented the international system is 'creaking at the seams' and inching toward 'disintegrating' – handy phrases for a government still figuring out how to not get here. He blames politics of 'easy answers and gimmicks' for these woes, which is rich coming from a Brexit-hardened country renowned for exactly that. His solemn promise? Tough, difficult work to 'turn the corner' in 2026, so Britain can maybe stop losing the plot—at least on international rules.
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UK politicians admit world order is falling apart but promise complicated, difficult solutions instead of quick fixes—classic Britain fumbling global crisis like it’s a slippery cup of tea.
Apparently, when the rules-based system starts disintegrating, the British response is ‘hard work’ and ‘no gimmicks,’ basically still figuring out how to adult internationally.
Watching UK politicians describe the international order's collapse like it's a wobbly chair feels like getting life advice from your perpetually confused uncle.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 1/6/2026 | Author: Andrew Sparrow
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