“We’ve gone from a democratic exercise involving over 33 million people to the future direction of the country being decided by c.100k+ people while making the rules up as we go along and in which suspending parliament is being seriously discussed. Well done everyone.” – Philip Cowley, Professor of Politics …
Read More »D-Day 75 – We Will Remember Them (And what they died for)
They called it The Longest Day. For the 4,414 allied who never survived the day, it was a day like no other. Nothing like D-Day has ever been attempted again and we must hope and pray it never will. It was the beginning of the end of Nazi occupation of …
Read More »A bigger world
The 14th Anniversary edition of Brent H. Cameron’s book, “The Case for Commonwealth Free Trade: Options for a new globalization is available now on Amazon worldwide. Rarely do we have the ability to gain perspective in the middle of a situation. Human nature dictates that we tend to the here and now, …
Read More »Seventy Years later the Commonwealth continues to succeed
On Monday 11th March 2019 we celebrated the 70th anniversary of the London Declaration , a moment when nations of the Commonwealth agreed to move forward together as free and equal members to foster co-operation towards social, political and economic development in an inclusive as well as sustainable manner. Over …
Read More »A Cringeworthy ‘Hinge’
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. A few years ago, historian and former war correspondent Erik Durschmeid wrote a book called “The Hinge Factor: How Chance and Stupidity Have Changed History”. I bought …
Read More »The case for a No Deal Brexit
There is another way forward. A No-Deal Brexit. Yes, it is not the desirable outcome after two years of hard negotiations and it is not without its own flaws, not least its vulnerability to the incompetence and inertia of the UK political establishment. Yet it is now the best option …
Read More »Its (Not) All About The Money: 2020 – UK & Commonwealth Vision Introduction
The Brexit debate has been monopolised by the focus on how the future EU-UK relationship will function, or not function, as the case may be. Despite the mass use of time and effort, not much has been fleshed out. As such, as we approach Brexit Day, we must examine the …
Read More »Trinidad and Tobago’s Opposition recognizes Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela
Trinidad and Tobago is a member of the Commonwealth and is mere miles away from Venezuela. They have been greatly impacted by refugees and their Government has recognized the Maduro regime. The author is the International Affairs Officer of the United National Congress (Opposition party /former Government) of Trinidad and Tobago. …
Read More »Time to Choose
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 2009, I had the opportunity to have a long and private conversation. My family was on vacation and our excursion took us in proximity to someone …
Read More »We must never surrender and allow Remainers to tell us that the UK can’t do it alone.
On the 4th of June 1940, Winston Churchill in the House of Commons gave courage to a world filled with fear and uncertainty from the rampaging Nazis when he pledged “we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and …
Read More »CANZUK: A Heartfelt Cry Spanning Across 3 Continents
On the European continent, Britain has always been seen as the country – half in and half out of Europe. Perhaps this is because we are neighbouring a geographical block of 500 million people but share a first language with a worldwide block of 500 million people. The Euro-federalists mock …
Read More »The Commonwealth: Moving to a Common Future
The countries that make up the Commonwealth are inextricably linked by their shared history and values; the rule of law, good works through aid, sport and democracy and shared cultures. Together, as one, the modern Commonwealth strives to improve the lives of its 2.4 billion people, whether that is ensuring …
Read More »A better way forward
When the British government handed over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China, I was a staffer for a member of the Ontario Legislature. In the local constituency office, we had a television in the reception area that was normally tuned to the Ontario Legislative Assembly channel. In advance …
Read More »The Commonwealth Option
This letter originally fully appeared in the magazine National Review and an abridged version appeared in The Daily Telegraph on 6 December 2018. The Prime Minister’s proposed Brexit deal has been discussed in detail, and to describe it would replicate the excellent work of many journalists. However, we feel that it has …
Read More »The first visible signs of Global Britain
Back in June of 2017, the Daily Globe and CRCC cheered the proposal of a group of Conservative MPs to introduce a special passport area with Commonwealth nations. We backed the plan because it was an important step to laying the groundwork for a Special Passport Area with the great …
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 »Paper Lions
This is a rather short article. I wouldn’t even call it an article – it’s more of an appeal or a statement. Gareth Southgate and the England football team taught us to dream again. To look up to the hights we as a nation have once scaled, but fallen from …
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 …
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