Integrating some places like St Lucia, Mauritius and the like is certainly doable and should have been done as a matter of fact. However this will have its own cost in order to bring the territories on par with mainland Britain.
The idea also does not mixes well at all with a generous welfare state for cost of life reasons. A universal dole benefit of way £10 a week in the UK might not be a lot, but it will be a fortune in British Jamaïca and British Antigua. The single biggest source of income of these islands will therefore come from welfare payments and other subsidies, effectively making them unproductive and money holes for the Treasury.
This is for information the EXACT current situation in French owned Guadaloupe and Martinique.
The idea also does not mixes well at all with a generous welfare state for cost of life reasons. A universal dole benefit of way £10 a week in the UK might not be a lot, but it will be a fortune in British Jamaïca and British Antigua. The single biggest source of income of these islands will therefore come from welfare payments and other subsidies, effectively making them unproductive and money holes for the Treasury.
This is for information the EXACT current situation in French owned Guadaloupe and Martinique.