Ironically, Canada have been having a quiet back and forth with the US for decades that our Northwest Passage is in Canadian territorial waters and they cannot just sail through it without letting us know - former PM Jean Chretien tells a story of how he directly confronted them over it.
This is a very welcome bit of context for this unnecessary martial action.
Interesting. Presumably the UK could be an economic winner from the Dover Straits.
An extra maritime tax in the Channel, because we don’t have enough taxes!
Back to the future!
A sweet and sour history lesson that, indeed, history does repeat itself. And your assessment about we'll all be poorer for it is true, sadly.
Ironically, Canada have been having a quiet back and forth with the US for decades that our Northwest Passage is in Canadian territorial waters and they cannot just sail through it without letting us know - former PM Jean Chretien tells a story of how he directly confronted them over it.
Straight up, good writing. I tend to look to history whenever geopolitical insanity seems afoot, and there is almost always a corollary.
Crap, can’t believe I blew the pun: strait up good writing
Very poor from you