OBL mourns the loss of the Ottoman Empire, which lasted for centuries, but bit the dust thanks to Attaturk.

It looks like Cameron pines for the day of Rule Brittania, because he does not accept the fact that Eden’s dithering of the Suez Crisis was the final nail in the coffin of the British Empire.

Which is why the british are among the last to sign onto trusteeships for those parts of Asia, Africa & South America, which have not seen the Magna Carta develop deep enough roots.