Well, the British used to be great negotiators... when their naval muscle was unmatched, so the other party was basically negotiating under constant threat for their lives. After the rest of the world caught up, their record is indeed more checkered.

> historically bad negotiators

Historically bad negotiatiors? Have we read different histories of Britain?

If anything characterizes the country, it's the fact that they've been great seafarers and traders...

I'd agree however that exalting this past or viewing it with rose-tinted glasses is wrong, but saying that they are historically bad negotiators? How?

> If anything characterizes the country, it's the fact that they've been great seafarers and traders...

> I'd agree however that exalting this past or viewing it with rose-tinted glasses is wrong, but saying that they are historically bad negotiators? How?

Gunboat diplomacy isn't what one would call good negotiation

Britain being "historically bad negotiators" is an objectively silly thing to say