Thanks for the advise (as well as the down voting, certainly supporting my point) but it hardly seems relevant to this situation. Comparing the sad, utter mess

Thanks for the advise (as well as the down voting, certainly supporting my point) but it hardly seems relevant to this situation. Comparing the sad, utter mess that the UK currently seems to be, to the 18th century booming empire can at best provoke a discreet laugh. Allow me to express my sincere gratitude for that, smiling is quite underrated these days. The biggest problem seems to be lack of acknowledgement of the UK role in the world, at best dwindled ever since they lost both WW, the only colonial territory worth mentioning (i.e. India) and recently becoming CHAV land. The rest of the involved parties (such as Germany and France, but also including the most of western Europe) took notice of how the world was, and did their best to ensure their position in the coming years. To some remarkable success I must say, the EU (even when discounting the 28th member) is still the biggest economic zone in the world, and after the final departure of the UK it will certainly develop a tighter union including a common military, new federal institutions and so on. All of which seems to escape the 'Rule Britannia' crowd such as you. Congratulations on your Darwin price! Maybe is time for you to read up on some science ...