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The UK should probably never have joined, but they had just as much red tape and onerous regulations as the EU, just different ones that needed to be harmonized. I do enjoy the conceit that they'd be a world player all on their own. Very Queen Victoria. theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/25/what-have-we-done-six-years-on-uk-counts-the-cost-of-brexit