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Readers reply: what if the British empire had never existed? Would the world be a better or worse place?

Illustration of mutineer cavalry attacking an infantry square at the battle of Cawnpore, by Charles Ball, c1860.
Illustration of mutineer cavalry attacking an infantry square at the battle of Cawnpore, by Charles Ball, c1860. Photograph: Print Collector/Getty Images

What if the British empire had never existed? Would the world be a better or a worse place? Robert Hunter, Dundee

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