This article is more than 1 month old The evangelists in government claim that a new era of greatness in trade and influence is on its way. But the evidence of disaster is piling up Illustration: Dom McKenzie/The Observer Illustration: Dom McKenzie/The Observer Sun 7 Mar 2021 04.15 EST Last modified on Sun 7 Mar 2021 11.45 EST Global Britain is a catchy slogan. There is the delicious hint of recovered greatness â though this time not imperial but global. It also neatly deflects the charge that leaving the EU is rampant little Englandism; instead, it is the EU that is made to seem parochial and inward-looking. Whatâs more, it represents ambition.