True, but the first domino to fall was when the American colonies rose up in rebellion and won our independence. Ever since then, and ESPECIALLY after WWII, the various bits and pieces of the British Empire have been falling away into independence. The loss of India, the "Star in the Crown" of colonies after WWII, was another major blow to the British Empire. It was once said that the sun never set on the British Empire.... because there were colonies all over the world, from Africa to Hong Kong, to the Caribbean and the American colonies. I don't know the full extent of the Crown's reach today, but I'm guessing the sun DOES set on the Empire daily now. Maybe that is symbolic.... but Barbados leaving is just the latest in a long string of dominoes.
Domino report: falling.
True, but the first domino to fall was when the American colonies rose up in rebellion and won our independence. Ever since then, and ESPECIALLY after WWII, the various bits and pieces of the British Empire have been falling away into independence. The loss of India, the "Star in the Crown" of colonies after WWII, was another major blow to the British Empire. It was once said that the sun never set on the British Empire.... because there were colonies all over the world, from Africa to Hong Kong, to the Caribbean and the American colonies. I don't know the full extent of the Crown's reach today, but I'm guessing the sun DOES set on the Empire daily now. Maybe that is symbolic.... but Barbados leaving is just the latest in a long string of dominoes.
Now the sun never sets on the American empire. Except that shouldn't be the case; we shouldn't have a military presence all over the world.