One of the downsides to spending so long in the European Union was that the UK stopped paying attention to the Commonwealth. And the best-run countries in the world with the most innovative social policy and economic policies are not in the European Union, they're in the Commonwealth. They're Canada, Australia, Singapore, Barbados, Trinidad, and New Zealand. Extremely well-run prosperous, educated places that have long histories of economic success, successful immigration programmes, and excellent health care systems. By not paying attention to the Commonwealth, Britain has fallen in many respects behind the countries that were once its colonies. Pay more attention to Commonwealth countries - a lot of them are doing a lot of very good stuff.
