Note: this isn’t the exact date the “first sunset on the British Empire” will happen; I just found a date that would work to prove that it would happen eventually
We’ll have to wait till 2025 for it to happen since the parts of British Antarctic Territory will be in sunlight for several more months
2024-2025 on
96 % of the small population there is English/american, doesn’t makes much sense go give it away if not those few thousand Englishmen want to become Mauritian with I doubt they want
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I’ve heard that they will be keeping control over the military base there. Is this gonna turn into a situation similar to Cyprus, where they keep only the land the base sits on, or is that land “leased” to the Brits while technically being sovereign Mauritian territory?
DaBIGmeow888 on
They are keeping Diego Garcia where the naval base is, so still colonialism.
smilelaughenjoy on
It seems like the sun still won’t set on the British Empire, because as the sun is beginning setting in Pitcaim, it’s already rising in Dhekelia. Notice how the whole area isn’t in the darkest part of the circle with South America.
The sun will set on the British Empire when it is night time on all of the land that the British control at the same time.
Fortheweaks on
France meanwhile : ☀️🌞🥵🏝️
Super-Physics-8552 on
rest in piss, you won’t be missed
Safloria on
OP I think you forgot British Indian Ocean Territory lol
Though the chances of the sun setting due to poor weather has greatly increased
TurgidGravitas on
Return to who, OP? The birds? They were uninhabited islands before European colonization.
nixnaij on
A pretty significant hit to the EEZ of the UK. I think this might actually be enough to drop the UK to the 6th largest EEZ and Indonesia becomes the new 5th largest EEZ.
Bar50cal on
Don’t go to r/Unitedkingdom
The rage over this and excuses as to why they should not grant independence. Proper imperial delusion over there.
just_some_guy65 on
No because Diego Garcia is not included
raicorreia on
Is Chagos Island the British Indian Ocean Territory or just part of it? Is just chagos or the whole BIOT(except diego garcia ofc) that is involved on the deal?
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(This is OC, forgot to put it in the title)
Note: this isn’t the exact date the “first sunset on the British Empire” will happen; I just found a date that would work to prove that it would happen eventually
We’ll have to wait till 2025 for it to happen since the parts of British Antarctic Territory will be in sunlight for several more months
96 % of the small population there is English/american, doesn’t makes much sense go give it away if not those few thousand Englishmen want to become Mauritian with I doubt they want
I’ve heard that they will be keeping control over the military base there. Is this gonna turn into a situation similar to Cyprus, where they keep only the land the base sits on, or is that land “leased” to the Brits while technically being sovereign Mauritian territory?
They are keeping Diego Garcia where the naval base is, so still colonialism.
It seems like the sun still won’t set on the British Empire, because as the sun is beginning setting in Pitcaim, it’s already rising in Dhekelia. Notice how the whole area isn’t in the darkest part of the circle with South America.
The sun will set on the British Empire when it is night time on all of the land that the British control at the same time.
France meanwhile : ☀️🌞🥵🏝️
rest in piss, you won’t be missed
OP I think you forgot British Indian Ocean Territory lol
Though the chances of the sun setting due to poor weather has greatly increased
Return to who, OP? The birds? They were uninhabited islands before European colonization.
A pretty significant hit to the EEZ of the UK. I think this might actually be enough to drop the UK to the 6th largest EEZ and Indonesia becomes the new 5th largest EEZ.
Don’t go to r/Unitedkingdom
The rage over this and excuses as to why they should not grant independence. Proper imperial delusion over there.
No because Diego Garcia is not included
Is Chagos Island the British Indian Ocean Territory or just part of it? Is just chagos or the whole BIOT(except diego garcia ofc) that is involved on the deal?
Noooooo