why do you care about other people ' s bubbles ? <| sep |> For new lines . <| sep |> It doesn ' t take a lot of time or effort to send someone a few links or introduce them to another friend . If that ' s edgy to you , then to each his or her own I guess . <| sep |> Good points all round , particularly about the legal systems in the Commonwealth having the same basis , English Common Law . I think Common Law systems generally work better than Napoleonic systems and was sorry to see the way that the EU chipped away at our legal system . I don ' t want a transnational union with anyone , but I too would like to see relations beefed up with the Commonwealth . When I was a kid and we joined the EEC , I felt guilty about leaving people like New Zealand ' s farmers in the lurch . I ' m not under the impression that a whole bunch of separate countries have spent forty years pining for the UK but I do think that there is a widespread appetite to renew old links that had been neglected . We should be open to imports from African farmers . Aid is necessary sometimes , but its record on permanently enriching countries is dismal compared to trade . And , of course , I ' d like to see good relations and trade continue with our nearest neighbours in Europe . Hopefully it will be like the way that divorced couples sometimes get on better than they ever did while still married .