@hoyer_kat What if question: in an alternative history if Germany had been divided along the north/south cultural division would either have become the dominant state.
@DanMulhall From the time it joined the EEC in 1973 until the decision to leave the EU in 2016 the UK had 8 ‘competent’ PMs serving an average of nearly 6 years. From then until today it has cycled through 5 ‘failed’ PMs serving an average of 2 yrs. Some problems are intractable.