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oli's avatar

Was to shy to say anything, but thank you, you have answered one of the questions that bothered me most today: How did Britain succeed in managing an empire? And as you said: expropriating wealth has always been the business model. Plus cruelty, I guess.

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Sean Corfield's avatar

Sorry I missed this -- but that's the penalty of living in California and not being a "morning person" I guess :)

Ironic today, since I actually woke up really early and could not get back to sleep -- and was enjoying reading about Truss's resignation and seeing all the lettuce jokes on Twitter. But I didn't check my email until lunchtime.

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