I can’t believe that some of the tory morons currently ruling over us still cling to romanticised visions of empire, but it seems that they do. According to this Guardian piece, congratulated the british empire on twitter, using a map and the words ”empire goes for gold.” The article explains: ” The map, which appears to be the same as one used to illustrate the Wikipedia entry for the British empire and highlights not just the American colonies but also Ireland, Iraq and India, was graphically superimposed with Olympic medal tallies showing how the ’empire’ had thrashed not just the ”rest of the world” but also the post-Brexit European Union.” She was obviously trying to tether the positive feelings for our success in Rio to her quazi-xenophobic anti-eu agenda, as if the empire was some sort of friendly, compassionate society and not an oppressive imperial power which subjugated a quarter of the world. Surely we should have better people than this anachronism running the country.