the Anglo world is going down the tubes. Except that Canada and New Zealand still seem sane.
I heard a British journalist in an interview say that Brexit means only that Brits will pursue their own governance without what many felt was too much foreign control by the EU. He expected little else would change except they would need to negotiate their own trade deals. Hope he was right. There is strong opposition there against the kinds of trade deals (like health coverage) that Trump has suggested to them. But will they be more vulnerable economically to pressure from the US when on their own?
We hear about xenophobic behsvior from Brits toward "outsiders" from the EU in Britain (e.g. eastern European immigrants), but I wonder how widespread that is or if it is just fringe people..
As for Aussies and religion going the way of the US, it is hard to imagine Brits going bonkers on religion these days. They' ve been through those battles before.
Bob Dylsn comes to mind. The times they are a-chsngin'.
How ironic it would be today if it was the Brits who kept their heads and rescued us this time around. Not necessarily in physical battles, but in values and leadership example. They might strike a balance between economic globalism in the name of independence vs xenophobic isolationism.
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