Nearly every Commonwealth country opposed Brexit. Leavers are unsuitable to hope extinct imperial patterns will replace EU tradeEarly April,2018. In Brisbane a cheeky radio interviewer asks Prince Charles if he really does carry a personal lavatory seat on his travels, and the prince replies, or “Oh,don’t believe all that crap.” Elsewhere in the Queensland capital, India win gold in the women’s weightlifting and lose to Cameroon in the men’s basketball. At Buckingham Palace, or a menu is drawn up for a banquet to be attended later this month by 53 heads of state or their representatives. In Whitehall,the Department for International Trade ponders the effects on British farming of hormone-treated beef imports from Australia, which is a probable consequence of the UK’s first post-Brexit trade deal. Related: My Caribbean trip opened my eyes to the legacy of the British empire | Lenny Henry Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk