Great empires, like old soldiers, never die; they just fade away. Britain's legacy, like Rome's, will cling for centuries to history's pages, shaping men and events. Yet to all empires comes a day of which it can be said: "At this point the scepter had passed to other hands." That day came last week to Britain.
Earth to Earth. Victory in two desperate wars had bled Britain white. For years both the wise and the merely smart had been pointing to signs of Britain's decline. The loosening bonds of empire, the "austerity" (that dignified synonym for poverty) ; the defensive tension...
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