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 »If reports are correct, the Brexit deal must be rejected
From this site’s inception, it has been the mission of the Daily Globe to secure a Global Britain. Our first article was entitled The Globe Needs the United Kingdom. Our motto is “British Values with a Global Perspective.” We are also home to the Commonwealth, Realms and CANZUK campaign (“CRCC”) …
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 »No Surrender!
Another day, another cave by Theresa May. Today, it appears that Theresa May is willing to keep the entire UK bound in perpetuity to the EU Customs Union. It also appears the Prime Minister has plans to betray her allies in the DUP and Northern Ireland by having EU regulations …
Read More »The EU is all one way traffic
The reason why the UK works as a country and the EU doesn’t work is fundamentally linguistic. Lots of people from Scotland live and work happily in other parts of the UK. We have all likewise met people from England, Wales and Northern Ireland who have moved to Scotland without …
Read More »A moment of decision
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. It is approaching the end of 2018, and the end of our comfortable complacency. Here, in Canada, we are entering a period of great uncertainty as our …
Read More »The 15 Year Road Trip
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 »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 »#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 »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 …
Read More »Fairly Advancing Australia!
I have a confession to make. When I shop, I often do so at Waitrose. I do not know why that is in some sectors of society such an issue, but I acknowledge this may make me seem to be “posh”. This is not the case, and I bring it …
Read More »Introducing Our Petition
Our Petition is now uploaded and live on change.org‘s website, and are looking for supporters to sign it. We propose the government: Recognises the importance of the Commonwealth & Commonwealth Advantage Post-Brexit Releases further information on the government’s leaked ‘Special Passport Area’ Allows for regulated free movement of citizens between the …
Read More »The Commonwealth Tourist Visa
There is a sense of taboo about the British Empire, especially in foreign relations. The feeling is that, as the Empire is a part of our history we don’t talk about, we should try not to talk with the previous colonies either. Like a particularly unpleasant divorce, both parties tend …
Read More »Brexit Introduces A Major Opportunity For The UK
After the recent election results in the UK (which saw Prime Minister Theresa May lose her majority in the House of Commons), the Brexit debate seems to be one of inconsistency and disorder. It has been almost a year since the British public elected to leave the European Union in …
Read More »Weekly Globe Episode 7
This is the seventh in a series of weekly podcasts featuring Ted Yarbrough and Isaac Anderson. The podcast summarised the Manchester attack, Labour’s association with terrorism and concluded with a progress report on the CRCC- the Commonwealth, Realms & CANZUK campaign. We hope readers enjoy the Weekly Globe podcasts. You can listen …
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