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Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Yes.... silly bunts, the lot of you! The most benevolent empire in human history, and the most civilising influence to-boot... sacrificed on a whim.... tsk-tsk.
Just don't let it happen again. [/stern talking-to]
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Ah, quite so.
I have a feeling the little bit of Ireland in the north-east corner will have to be returned sooner or later though but what might happen to that British north portal of the Med is anybodies guess.
So what's left, Diego Garcia and the British Indian Ocean Territory of 60 sq.km populated with 1500 UK/US service personnel and 2000 contractors, The British Virgin Islands where the USD is official currency
and of course the Falkland Islands, plus Anguilla, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Montserrat (abandoned to a volcano), Pitcairn Islands (pop.<50), Saint Helena, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands.
Some of these are quite pleasant places, some are not, but collectively and with respect to their populations, where applicable, hardly an empire.
The "Jewel in the Crown" was given back ages ago by Mountbatten; a suitable job since it would be difficult to make a FU of giving a sub-continent away and kept him well away from these shores and Canada especially.
R.