Brexit is our generation’s Dunkirk, but this time there will be no salvation | Will Hutton

A new film captures a time when industrial power and innovation were key to our survival. Oh, for that spirit todayAll countries and societies have their myths and Dunkirk is one of Britain’s most enduring, and although in its way it is glorious, it sometimes feels misdirected. The extraordinary evacuation of the stranded, defeated British army in May and June 1940 staved off what would otherwise have been an inevitably successful German invasion, runs the myth. Defeat became the platform