The UK is a financial centre, obviously if you pick as your start date a financial bubble it will look different. But 10 years have passed. You were misleading

The UK is a financial centre, obviously if you pick as your start date a financial bubble it will look different. But 10 years have passed. You were misleading people when you tried to imply that Brexit had something to do with GDP per capita statistics. It clearly doesn't. And many argue it's the other way around: the EU is the cause of the stagnation. As for empire nostalgia as someone who moved from a colony it’s actually quite evident in the politics here Evident in the politics? If it's evident then evidence it. You're seeing what you want to see: I can't recall any politicians talking about Empire. It never comes up. It's not even taught in school. The "people used to the glories of the empire" as you put it are virtually all dead. Nobody cares. As for polls, they routinely show all kinds of garbage when pollsters ask questions that don't matter. For example 4% Americans believe the Earth is run by a conspiracy of lizards, and 7% aren't sure: https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and-reptilian-muslim-climatologists-from-mars/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and... If some random person wasted my time by asking me if I'd like Britain to still have an empire, I'd probably say, sure why not? Empires have their benefits. Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer. That doesn't mean I'd think about it even one iota the rest of the time. Heck there was an HN thread just a few days ago about colonialism, that was the first time I'd seen it come up in years. it feeds into a sense of exceptionalism and megalomania The majority of the British voting population are not megalomaniacs. Listen to yourself. The very concept is absurd. Anyway, if you're really convinced the UK is filled with delusional imperialist megalomaniacs, why not leave? You clearly have no respect for the country.