Among peer countries it is uniquely non-resilient and unable to respond to the challenges it faces. Even with the covid disaster, it was very lucky that it has a fantastic institution like the NHS, which politicians have, so far, been unable to completely cripple or dominate. And also lucky to still have a serious pharma industry, literally the very industry that is needed to respond to a pandemic crisis. So you'd think given that fact, plus it's huge wealth, it would have had to have had one of the best COVID responses in the world?
The paradox of the UK is that it has a lot of wealth, many institutions and industries which still function and have not yet collapsed. But the political system itself has completely collapsed, and the economy is faltering badly.
The US is in a similar situation. But, of course, still leading the world in many regards.