Well like most things, the British Empire like the Roman Empire and 
others before it, left bad things and good things in its' wake.

It behove's us to remember, that we are also judging the past with an 
eye to today's' way of thinking, which is always unfair on the past as 
of course in the future, our time will be judged against the standards 
of the day.

There are especially in Africa and the Middle East major ramifications 
left over from the 'sea of red', but on the other hand many of those 
countries have benefited in some way, in fact a bit like Spike 
Milligans' part in Hitler's downfall, our own sticks (as in the ideas 
of so called democracy, institutions of state etc) were used to beat 
the Empirialism back.

Now on what park bench did I leave old Queen Vic?

Colin
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