Hats off to Barbados! Britain’s Guardian reports today: “Barbados has announced its intention to remove the Queen as its head of state and become a republic by November 2021. A speech written by its Prime Minister Mia Mottley quoted a warning by the Caribbean island nation’s first premier, Errol Barrow, against ‘loitering on colonial premises.’ Reading the speech, Governor-General Dame Sandra Mason said: ‘The time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind. Barbadians want a Barbadian Head of State. This is the ultimate statement of confidence in who we are and what we are capable of achieving. Hence, Barbados will take the next logical step toward full sovereignty and become a republic by the time we celebrate our 55th anniversary of independence.’”