Again, you put the point well, and in some ways history is on your side. Democracies are really quite rare, and perhaps it was only because the UK happened to be really quite wealthy just at the time… (View Post)

I agree. But you also need to step back and consider why democracy spawned in UK, France and elsewhere. It's not easy to answer but in general I'd argue against British or European exceptionalism and… (View Post)

I know you're only trolling but LP had it right - the right doesn't despise Britain for the most part, they just have a fundamental lack of confidence about the UK because their view of it is built o… (View Post)

Whilst I don't necessarily agree with your claim that democracy wouldn't have developed globally without empire, that is one of the better defences of the project that I have seen. Chapeau. (View Post)

You could combine both ideas. Something like: the UK will fund training courses for nurses in eg Nigeria, requiring a return of service of a 5 year posting in UK after graduation, before qualified an… (View Post)