In 1930, the British Daily Mirror issued a weather report, "Fog in the Channel, Continent is isolated."  Britain is an island nation, with no borders except the sea.  It has not been invaded by foreign troops on the ground since 1066, nor has it had or claimed possessions on the European content since 1558, when Calais was lost, though the 2.6 square miles of Gibraltar are still British territory. This island nation also until the 20th century ruled half the world, the largest empire in history, on which the "sun never sets."  Britain was both the workshop of the world and its global power.  Karl Marx in his Communist Manifesto of 1848 saluted the country, which, in addition to being the leading capitalist power,  "has accomplished wonders far surpassing Egyptian pyramids, Roman aqueducts, and Gothic cathedrals." Memories of Britain's greatness are still voiced every year at the opening of the Proms Musical Festival in...(Read Full Article)