Britain was a fucking empire once. They were gods, once. They were already economically dependent enough nationally by the time they joined the EU, and have remained the most economically independent. Still, with the EU headed down the shitter, it seeks to take Britain’s Solid economy with it.
If Brexit is handled carefully and correctly, maybe she’ll be able to somehow re-obtain some of her former supremacy. Of course she won’t become anywhere near where she was at her height, but the West could seriously use another strong hegemon in case America’s own primacy were to fade away
