So what? The British Empire is one in a list of fallen Empires, Egyptian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Ottoman, Mongol, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, French, British, Russian, etc.
Some of the above last more than British Empire, and all had died.
And the British Empire isnāt 500 years. It didnāt start in 1500 and ended well before 2000.
Your mentioned article with facts doesnāt mean that UK/British Empire is a 500-old Empire, if you want account that way, Portugal and Spain started the Age of Discovery before any European country and even split the world in half for each of them in the Treaty of Tordesillas on 1494, so that way, one could say that Portugal and Spain are 700 and 600 years old Empires respectively.
British empire is the largest to have ever existed, the British have more influence in international affairs than any other country in Europe, I am not being biased this is the truth. Whether you hate them or not. They consistently rank 1 or 2 for soft power pretty much every year. Itās not a debate.
People seriously underestimate Britain even the British who are the least patriotic people you will meet. Britain is in a much better position than the EU let me assure you.
I wouldnāt say itās dead itās just more covert in its ways. We still have valuable connections that will stay strong for centuries and are to the present day.
For sure the empire no longer exists but remnants of it still do.
This is speculative and doesnāt mean much. China has the second highest GDP in the world, you think the average Chinese person has a better quality of life than someone say in Switzerlandā¦
UK has smaller population than Germany so itās not so simple. Also the UK posseses trident as well having a larger spend on defence historically and at present especially with the governmentās latest pledge.
Having said that I donāt dispute Germany is extremely efficient and successful but I do believe the UK can surpass them outside of the EU.
Look at the rankings yourself, Iām not getting into this discussion of Britain is or is not better than Europe.
Economically speaking:
Euro zone has a slightly lower GDP per capita (aprox 39) than UKās 42. There are countries in europe with higher and lower GDPs per capita than the UK.
This is a good chart but look at Ireland, letās remember some of these countries are funded by huge amounts of debt (France,Spain, Greece etc) so this is another variable.
Letās just cast our minds back to 2008 financial crash
Which Country and which bank was approached to assist in bailing out Lehman Brothers?
Which Countryās Finance minister and bank refused to assist in bailing out Lehman Brothers after which the world went into turmoil ?
