Now that the United Kingdom has voted to withdraw from the European Union, there has never been a better time for the U.K. to join America as its 51st state, freelance journalist David Wheeler suggested this week.

“Let’s understand this moment for what it really is: an opportunity for the United Kingdom to become the 51st state of America,” he said in an tongue-in-cheek op-ed published by CNN. “The EU’s loss is our gain. Call it the ‘Brentrance.'”