Originally Posted by
Wheeze
DT, I really can't understand your comment that we are a small insignificant island that's becoming a laughing stock.
Like it or not we build the largest empire the world has ever seen, spread the rule of law, democracy and religion to many parts of the world and created lingua franca for global business and science. Even more than that we have managed the very difficult job of dismantling that empire as fairly as possible. Yes, terrible things happened but we did the best we could. As a result we had and retain a global standing head and shoulders above many larger countries.
I abhor all those nationalist groups. But neither will I accept this wonderful place being bad mouthed or trivialised.