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4. That's the US under trump. Biden will re-establish our relationships with...

Fri Jan 1, 2021, 02:51 PM

Jan 2021

our allies. This whole Brexit move seems short-sighted and backwards looking as if Britain was still the premier naval power on the world with its vast empire. It is not.

And how long will there be a UK now as there are rumblings in Scotland of a schism developing as many there wanted to remain in the EU. Also Britain seems increasingly isolated from advantageous geopolitical developments as it is not a signee to the new trade agreement with the EU and China.

Too bad. The EU including the UK has a population larger than that of the US (some 360 some million), along with the strong bargaining stength such a power brings. Britain by itself has 68 million people, far short of that.

This whole move portends much more complicated travel, trade and monetary documentation which will only slow the British economy. Sad.

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Britain Has Lost Itself [View all] Zorro Jan 2021 OP

This is very sad to read.... and troubling.... secondwind Jan 2021 #1

Largely sums up the US too luv2fly Jan 2021 #2

Exactly. My grandfather, & uncles fought the Nazis & would be heartbroken to see OUR country today hlthe2b Jan 2021 #3

My Dad was a Navy Chief in WWII RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #28

That's the US under trump. Biden will re-establish our relationships with... brush Jan 2021 #4

That's exactly what I was thinking as I was reading the article. denvine Jan 2021 #10

BoJo's Father, Stanley Applies For French Citizenship: Brexit Divided Johnson Family appalachiablue Jan 2021 #5

And Stanley's grand-father, Boris Johnson's great-grandfather, TheRickles Jan 2021 #11

Yes, Trump's mother was a Scottish wnylib Jan 2021 #16

Boris also has American, Jewish & German ancestry, a appalachiablue Jan 2021 #20

citizen of nowhere.. stillcool Jan 2021 #6

Putin tiptonic Jan 2021 #7

I doubt if Putin envisions himself as world emperor. RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #8

Agree. He'd much rather pull the strings from a distance. Plenty of stupids out there: Bolsanaro, erronis Jan 2021 #18

If Russia as THE world power is Putin's dream, wnylib Jan 2021 #19

You're right about China. RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #23

I used to think that Trump would keep wnylib Jan 2021 #24

I doubt there are many "experts on geopolitics" RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #25

These scenario projections remind me wnylib Jan 2021 #26

That's the very structure of Orwell's 1984 RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #27

Thanks. I couldn't remember if it was 1984 wnylib Jan 2021 #29

I first read them both more than 60 years ago RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #30

Oh dear. Your memory functions wnylib Jan 2021 #31

That's my secret! RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #33

I"ve re-read a number of books wnylib Jan 2021 #34

Books are burdens we all must bear! RVN VET71 Jan 2021 #35

Truly sad, & they will pay a heavy economic price. CaptainTruth Jan 2021 #9

I have always imagined how amazing EU citizenship would be. Politicub Jan 2021 #12

Too many Karl Pilkingtons on the island. paleotn Jan 2021 #21

Or they found themselves. Mosby Jan 2021 #13

The only good thing to come of this.... paleotn Jan 2021 #14

It's passed time to shame the anti-democratic morons out of the government mdbl Jan 2021 #15

I keep hearing this from multiple people in the UK GoneOffShore Jan 2021 #17

They Were Warned Skeptical Thomas Jan 2021 #22

"Inward, polarized and absurdly self-aggrandizing...". Sounds sadly, tragically, like America. nt Hekate Jan 2021 #32