Here is Britain’s new place in the world – on the sidelines | Martin Kettle

Trapped by Brexit and Trump, and delusional about trade, Theresa May will cut a sad figure on the G20 stage• Martin Kettle is a Guardian columnistHow knowingly we all nodded six months ago, when Theresa May went to a Brussels summit and no one talked to her. While the 27 other leaders greeted one another warmly and went off to dinner, May cut a lonely figure, returning quickly to London. It was Jona Lewie’s song about always being in the kitchen at parties made real. And it was a Brex