The second edition of Brent H. Cameron’s book, “The Case for Commonwealth Free Trade: Options for a new globalization is available now on Amazon worldwide. In 2003, I went on a road trip, from our home in rural southeastern Ontario, Canada to southern New Hampshire, about 50 miles north of …
Read More »A Plan for Brexit and Globalisation – in Six Steps
The second edition of Brent H. Cameron’s book, “The Case for Commonwealth Free Trade: Options for a new globalization is available now on Amazon worldwide. We live in a world where those for whom we looked to for answers are silent. Whether it be the chastening of the last two …
Read More »Quality over Quantity – How Commonwealth Trade is globalisation’s path forward
Most of what you will see written about trade among Commonwealth member states stresses the advantages, which are numerous – affinities that lower the cost of doing business by up to 19 percent compared to non-member economies. That matters, and could be sufficient in and of itself, but there is …
Read More »The Case for Commonwealth Free Trade: Options for a New Globalization -Chapter 8, Network Trading
This is a chapter from the author’s book. You can purchase the book in full here. A Commonwealth Free Trade Agreement would resemble a ‘geodesic’ model of cooperation, with each member state functioning as a support point in and of itself. That this is a much improved approach over the old Imperial …
Read More »Cook Pt 2: Operationalising the Concept
In the first of this article, we looked at how the UK was planning to create a satellite navigation system as a replacement to Galileo. It was seen that access to an independent sat-nav network was vital for Britain’s national security, regardless of the cost. According to the PM, the UK …
Read More »Policy Proposal: Cook Satellite Navigation System
With the EU pushing the UK out of Galileo, the government is rightfully considering all the options, primary among this is the building of our own British equivalent to Galileo and other satellite navigation systems. Nevertheless, we at the CRCC and Daily Globe wish to make a policy proposal: Open …
Read More »The #CANZUK transition to a Global Britain
Brexit represents an exciting opportunity not just for Britain, but for the world. It is a time to re-kindle old friendships and forge new paths in the world. Unfortunately, being that the UK’s relationship with the EU spans 40 years and the two’s relationship is fairly intertwined, both governments agreed …
Read More »#CRCC statement on the Windrush Generation
We at the CRCC are pleased and happy to see that the government has reversed their previous attempts to deport the Windrush Generation of fellow subjects of HM Queen Elizabeth II and Commonwealth Citizens. It is right that they have had their rights and benefits restored to them. It is …
Read More »A Story
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful land far away, and it was full of wondrous people and animals. In the middle of the land, was a beautiful green field, that stretched out to the horizon in all directions. And in the middle of that field, a there was …
Read More »United Commonwealth Society Manifesto
We, the United Commonwealth Society believe: The Commonwealth is a force for good in the world and should be strengthened and renewed so that it can continue to play an important role in the world. – The Commonwealth bonds of family and kinship that stretch back over a thousand years …
Read More »#CANZUK: A Response to J.J. McCullough of the National Review
Dear Mr. McCullough, As a political, essayist, blogger and founder of the Commonwealth, Realms & CANZUK Campaign, I recently read your article written on CANZUK with great expectations. It was fair and explained a side, which, while I do not subscribe to, am very familiar with. I would point your …
Read More »Commonwealth Day – Your Commonwealth
NOTE: This article is based off a draft I made at a Canadian border office (enjoying the hospitality of the Canadian Border Security Agency) while waiting for my turn at Passport Control: Today is Commonwealth Day, which is a Canadian invention and is celebrated typically by recalling the things that …
Read More »Brexit Means a New Britain, an Innovator in Trade, Diplomacy and Development.
The Department for International Development has seen an increase in its size over recent years as the British government attempts to invest at least 0.7% of government spending into its budget. The same is for the Foreign Office which receives £1.1 billion annually and the department for international trade which …
Read More »A Brief of the Zimbabwean Coup
Robert Mugabe’s resignation is an end of an era for the Commonwealth; the last independence activist and decolonial campaigner. Many of these decolonial phases were peaceful, but a few were violent. Of these, Zimbabwe/Rhodesia was doubtless the most violent in the 20th Century. Mugabe has finally resigned – pushed out …
Read More »Sunday Reads & Causes
While we pride ourselves on our frank, fair and forthright articles on current events in the UK and around the globe, we admit that there are – on occasion – articles that are also worthy of being read, positions worthy of being understood, petitions to be signed and causes to …
Read More »Good news in Zimbabwe! Now Britain and the Commonwealth must stand ready to help if needed.
Finally. The evil despot Robert Mugabe has been deposed and the scenes of joy on display in Zimbabwe have been truly heart warming. Gone is the man who drove his country to have starving trillionaires and 95% unemployment. Gone is the man who drove his country to have the world’s …
Read More »Beersheba, Balfour and the Modern Near East
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba, now known as Be’er Sheva. A key town in the southern Israeli desert, it formed the flank of the Ottoman-German line during the First World War. For the British Imperial forces who formed the backbone of the Sinai and Palestine …
Read More »The Globe at the Weekend #podcast
This is the Globe at the weekend podcast featuring Ted Yarbrough and Isaac Anderson. The podcast summarised the latest in Brexit, the state of the Conservative party, a possible cabinet reshuffle, the #BelieveinBritain campain, and concluded with a progress report on the CRCC- the Commonwealth, Realms & CANZUK campaign. We …
Read More »The British Commonwealth and the project for a new Anglospheric century
As Britain leaves the EU, I have already advocated that we join EFTA and NAFTA as post-Brexit trade options. However, there is a wonderful third option we should take advantage of, the British Commonwealth. The British Commonwealth comprises of former colonies from the British Empire. As a member of the European Union, …
Read More »Flagship Policies
A couple of weeks ago, I listened to an interview of Jacob Rees-Mogg by James Delingpole on YouTube. Mogg asked Delingpole who he felt the UK’s best Prime Ministers had been when Delingpole slighted career politicians. Upon responding with the standard Thatcher and Churchill, Mogg replied by asking ‘What about …
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