After Brexit?

If Britain votes to quit Europe on June 23, what next? Quadrant contributor James C. Bennett has an idea:

Commonwealth Union (sometimes called Commonwealth Federation) is the idea that several principal Commonwealth nations, usually including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and possibly others, should form a federation or confederation, insuring free trade and a customs union, common citizenship and free movement of  people, and common defence and security services, acting as a single nation in dealing with other nations and international organisations.  It is also sometimes referred to as the CANZUK union, after the initials of  what will be its principal members …  A political federation having the character of  a state, consisting of  Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and possibly other Commonwealth Realms — those states of  which Queen Elizabeth is sovereign.  It would be distinct from the Commonwealth of  Nations, which would continue to exist and function as at present.

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