Fall of Singapore

Uppity colonials at the site of the most world-beating surrender in the history of the master race are plotting to dispense with yet another vital aspect of their Britishness. Nearly two centuries after its establishment by the civilising forces of Imperial commerce, Singaporean horse racing will be abolished next year in order to free up land for, of all things, public housing. How Global Britain will respond to this act of cultural warfare remains as yet unclear, but surely the sacrifice of animal cruelty on the altar of communistic accomodational fanaticism cannot take place with impunity. If only some part of the Royal Navy in the region could be spared from poking the Heathen Chinee with a sharp stick, the gunboats would doubtless be on their way already.