President Macron (reports The Times) will use the three-day G7 summit starting today in France “to set out sharp dividing lines with President Trump”. Our own prime minister will be there. Whose side will Britain be on?

Agonising choices face the United Kingdom this year, some of them immediate and obvious. But the biggest is less apparent yet will shape our nation’s future in a way that no wrangles about EU deals ever can. Does Britain’s destiny lie with the States? As two global blocs, Europe and America, diverge we shall be making that decision whether we know it or not.

You may suppose that along with many Remain-leaning commentators I’m about to argue for the European option. I’m not. There are