Just look at “The City” – it became a key part of your actual wealth and power. Looking at the last two decades, there are not many other nations that benefited stronger from globalisation than you did. Not only because of the trading and import-business, but also because of the cultural experience you gained and the global diversity, which helped you to grow faster and more successful than most of the other nations. You grew faster because you benefited from being a pioneer of globalisation. A strong nation, yearning for globalisation in times, in which other peoples were focused on their fairly limited territory and stayed in their development well behind you. Part of the reason, why the United Kingdom grew to such a strong nation is that living on an island has never been a limit. However, there is one aspect, I really missed in the discussion – and that worries me. Personally I do not share your view on these questions, but that does not matter at all: it is definitely your call… For sure you accept the hassle which each and every divorce creates – it will cost you a few years to sort that out, but it looks like you are convinced that the time and money for this are well invested. And I also assume you considered well enough what conclusions the people in Scotland and/or Northern Ireland may draw – or you simply don’t care. So I assume you thought well enough about it and decided, that the benefits weigh stronger than the risks. I am well aware of the fact that there has been an intense discussion in the United Kingdom about the economical consequences of a “leave-decision”. We will miss your experience, the way you decide on the background of your history and obviously your politeness, style and last but for sure not least the “British Humour”, which sometimes makes things easier and helps to focus on what matters. So now you are free to define for yourselves, what curves Bananas might have and you can be sure, that no one will ban your nice, traditional toasters, just because they waste energy. It is easy to blame all that and to see the advantages of being independent from that political system. In some areas, the European Union is a nightmare: costly, excessive red tape, the need to compromise slows things down and sometimes avoids the best decisions. Frankly spoken, somehow and to a certain extend I like that, as “freedom” is something I rate very high on my personal scale of values! Throughout the entire history: the Empire is the Empire – and the Empire prefers to set the rules and not to follow others. Because you love your freedom and independence. Furthermore, I also know: many people from abroad advised you to vote “remain” and that presumably has influenced the decision to leave. And, of course, you have every right to take that decision. I thought “look, they are really smart: pushing their luck, and at the end they will stay and benefit from having played ‘all in’…” You really did it! I must admit: I did not expect this to happen.
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