Re:There Once Was an Empire
by vidarh on Thursday December 14, 2023 @08:52AM
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Depends how you define "beloved by Brexiteers".
According to [1], in 2020 "A third of people in the UK believe Britain’s colonies were better off for being part of an empire, a higher proportion than in any of the other major colonial powers, a global survey has revealed."
And "Brexit-supporting leave voters were more than twice as pro-empire than remainers."
Further, 39% of Leave voters vs 16% of Remain voters answered yes to "Would you like Britain to still have an empire?", while 40% of Leave voters vs. 66% of Remain voters answered "no", so in that sense you could well say it's not "beloved" by Brexiteers - given they to on the balance prefer no empire, but it's beloved by a significantly larger portion of Brexiteers.
According to [1], in 2020 "A third of people in the UK believe Britain’s colonies were better off for being part of an empire, a higher proportion than in any of the other major colonial powers, a global survey has revealed."
And "Brexit-supporting leave voters were more than twice as pro-empire than remainers."
Further, 39% of Leave voters vs 16% of Remain voters answered yes to "Would you like Britain to still have an empire?", while 40% of Leave voters vs. 66% of Remain voters answered "no", so in that sense you could well say it's not "beloved" by Brexiteers - given they to on the balance prefer no empire, but it's beloved by a significantly larger portion of Brexiteers.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/11/uk-more-nostal...