Augustus
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When I hear those old men speak and rant about the EU and how they are going to "take back control", it sounds as if they think the UK still operates some global empire.
Do they? I see the claim exponentially more often than I see any evidence for it. The same people then usually say the UK needs to stay in Europe so it can be more powerful internationally.
The most prominent proponent of Empire is your former PM, an ideologue who sees EU federalism as the only way to enable Europe to project its diplomatic and military power across the world