During his official visit to Beijing, President Donald Trump faced a challenge of a peculiar kind. A White House official later revealed that the President was strictly prohibited from using his personal smartphone due to stringent security protocols imposed by Chinese authorities. For a man who views that small screen as an intercontinental political weapon, the measure was nothing short of “disarmament.” Trump’s phone was never merely a tool for communication; it was a launchpad for threats, warnings, and sarcastic remarks capable of shifting global discourse at the swipe of a finger. This single episode encapsulates our contemporary reality: the mobile phone has mutated from a communication device into the primary steering wheel of the modern world, where politics is manufactured as a fleeting, impulsive moment—devoid of both reflection and context.

Across the Atlantic, Great Britain lives the very same paradox, albeit in a more structural and brutal fashion. The relentless friction dominating contemporary British political discourse exposes a sobering truth: Britain has become a nation that is “ungovernable.” Within just a few years, Downing Street witnessed a carousel of five prime ministers who assumed power only to collapse under the guillotine of digital public opinion and media clamor. This stands in shocking contrast to the era of Margaret Thatcher, who steered the country for over a decade with a robust ideological program and unwavering policies. Anthony Seldon, author of The Impossible Office?: The History of the British Prime Minister........

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