Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Letter on Brexit

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!

I had heard of his mate Ivor Bigun.

We have several couples surnmae Morgan in AngleMog but sadly no one with the Christian name Ivor.

I am amazed that following WW2 and the eg 1947 Indian independence, the ongoing debate in the 40's, 50's and 60's of the status of some of the colonies and the Commonwealth, so much so , it was pretty much front and centre in the media. Goodness, eg I remember the ongoing debate in school from late 1964 to 1965 over Canada changing the flag to the Maple Leaf. How on earth do they manage to not be aware of such matters back in 1951?

Of course, I've just realised they didn't start to print the 'masses' popular daily encyclopaedic reference tabloid the Sun until 1964.