"and who kept reminding you of that but got a load of abuse for doing so?"
Someone reminded us this stock was overheated? nahhh. I can only remember some clown trolling this stock since 2017 without a bear case more than 'admin costs!' hahahaha
"There was only self interest in Britain relinquishing the colonies. A recognition it was too hard to hang on to them and too much trouble was brewing."
The modern age has no place for huge colonies and centralised rule. The British saw that decades ago.
Its a lesson you soy libs will learn the hard way in the coming years as your dream of a united Earth holding hands and Kumbaya fails utterly.
The EU is done and the new owners of the world are China and Russia. You are witnessing the slow death of the liberal west as we speak.