I found this letter to the Editor of the Economist, current edition:
‘The Strange Case of Britain’s Demise (Dec 17th) referred to a survey conducted in 1951 which found that half of the respondents in Britain were unable to name a single British colony, though someone suggested Lincolnshire. In 2016 a large majority of people in Lincolnshire voted for Brexit, the colony’s revenge. In the low-wage town of Boston three-quarters of the voters opted to leave the European Union. Britain was pushed towards historic political change by such isolated places. The key to understanding the strange case of Britain’s demise is not the “violence… inflicted on the body politic” by Brexit. It is the casual neglect which for generations has been inflicted on the poorest regions of this country.
Ivor Morgan
Lincoln,Lincolnshire
We may differ on the subject matter but can we all agree we have found our new honorary Colonel in Chief and he lives in Lincoln!
