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 ===The Commonwealth of Nations gradually recreates the British Empire===
   * **What it is:** Another one of the "future predictions based on past nostalgia" clichés.
-  * **Why it won't happen:** [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=10971032#post10971032|To quote]] [[offtopic:Komnenos002]], "//This is my pet peeve on alternatehistory.com. I'm somewhat of an anglophile, but it seems like quite a few people will try and use the Commonwealth to resurrect some kind of British Empire. Any future timeline that has the Commonwealth become more important than the EU, USA, or Asia-Pacific region to its members is pretty much handwaving, they don't want a UK tied to Europe, so they arbitrarily bring the Commonwealth in to prop it up.//".
+  * **Why it won't happen:** [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-10971032|To quote]] [[offtopic:Komnenos002]], "//This is my pet peeve on alternatehistory.com. I'm somewhat of an anglophile, but it seems like quite a few people will try and use the Commonwealth to resurrect some kind of British Empire. Any future timeline that has the Commonwealth become more important than the EU, USA, or Asia-Pacific region to its members is pretty much handwaving, they don't want a UK tied to Europe, so they arbitrarily bring the Commonwealth in to prop it up.//".
   * **Current progress:** The Commonwealth of Nations is alive and well for what it is (a glorified sporting organisation). But a resurgent British Empire in all but name, that would show the EU, NATO, etc. whatfor, is not only an implausibility, but an anachronism at this point. Note that the UK trades more with Ireland than the entire Commonwealth combined.