I was born into the British Empire and I well remember it. I remember walking on the streets of London with strikes by dustbin men not picking up refuge, Harold Wilson's responses and then Margaret Thatchers. Wilson's tenure was pretty much the last of the British Empire and, Thatcher, in her wisdom, saw that the only way the UK could retain something of her 'greatness' was to join the EU.

As a consequence, Brits never came face to face with the fact that they were a small island in a growing world. In 1945, I think there were 2 billion people, and most of the globe was in red. Those days have passed. The UK retained influence through the EU, and it kept money flowing through its stock market. When many companies left the British Stock Market as a result of Brexit, the UKs power started waining.

Your people cannot travel freely into Europe now. They expected that to continue. They have shortages because customs have to be paid. I have ordered several things from the UK - eithr while living in Germany, Portugal, or Ireland during the past year. British service is done. They sent the wrong things, outright lied, and I am deeply dismayed. I can only think that business is so bad that these are signs of desperation.

You are living in delusion.