There was this guy named Rudyard Kipling that Wikipedia tells us was British, wrote in English, but was actually born in Bombay; which is now Mumbai - would he be a Brit?
Anyway he gave us some brilliantly sensible advice which our elites ignore at our peril, when he wrote "East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet" [["not due to an inherent worthiness of English as a language over other languages." of course).
As for "referring to the times the UK sent its armies and officials to colonise and rob various parts of the world...." They have left. When are the invading immigrants leaving? Until they do I would say NO it doesn't count.
A British Passport at one time was a very coveted document. Now practicaly anybody in the world can get in by association. Even 300/400 million Europeans in EU can enter; soon to be increased by 80 million secular Muslims from Turkey which will provide an easy gateway to many more Asian Muslims. [[and of course England is not a Muslim country - yet). Welfare checks and free housing et al will make England a Muslim country in circa 50 years.
I suppose it's coveted even more now because it's a passport to your free stuff which is better than European free stuff [[and you gotta learn a new language to get it).
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