Readers respond to new visa rules that could hamper school trips to the UK and make a mockery of the idea of ‘global Britain’
Regarding the point of your article (School trips to UK from EU could halve as Brexit hits cultural exchanges, 4 June), we have a very significant paradox. The UK government talks about “global Britain”, but it seems to completely fail to understand the increasing role of soft power in having a global influence.
To have any truly global role, the world needs to “know” the UK, including its culture, its education, its media, its values, its history, and everything else about the country that has merit. A world where its future leaders have great empathy for the UK is a sine qua non for establishing global Britain.
