Empires - Have Your Own, or Be Part of Someone Else's. And the Everlasting Church Schools Question

I was struck by a comment from Stephen Squires on 27th July, after I cast doubt on the 'Special Relationship' and noted that the USA had used World War Two to bring about the end of the British Empire.

Mr Squires wrote: 'Hitchens, you can't be serious? Churchill-like, do you REALLY pine for "lost" colonies after WWII (I don't mean America!). Long before 1940, you Brits couldn't even afford your so-called "empire," upon which sun never set. Colonialism repressed legitimate movements for...