Well WWII wouldn't of happened (obviously), but that means that there woul
This depends. I would argue Locarno and other agreements in the late 20s could have laid the groundwork for the EU. Obviously in OTL they didn't, but...
as the Commonwealth only really broke down and stopped internal trade once Britain joined the EEA and practically stopped the flow of goods coming from the Commonwealth into the UK (which screwed up alot of economies ie New Zealand, of which about 70% of its exports went to Britain beforehand). This would also mean that there would still be the freedom of movement within the Commonwealth, and member countries would probably be richer thanks to internal trade.
Hrmm. Let's think about this. The EEA merely made it more favorable to trade with Europe, no? So this suggests that Britain benefitted from trading with Europe instead of just the Commonwealth. Maybe the Commonwealth is richer, but Britain, IMO, is not.