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Dec 13, 2020

Of Leeds United, Brexit Britain and Hope

The EU is more like a league system than a club, Brexit more like relegation than resigning. For a brief period in 2001, Leeds United was at the top of English football and flying high in Europe. Six years later, after a collapse which still sets a benchmark for failure…

Brexit

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Of Leeds United, Brexit Britain and Hope
Of Leeds United, Brexit Britain and Hope

Feb 23, 2020

From rhetoric to reality: US history shows how Brexit will end

There is no need to study the past if the times we live in are unprecedented. We can face the future with childlike optimism, unfettered by experience. Knowledge need not spoil the party. The UK’s departure from the EU is a first. No country has ever left the Union before…

UK Politics

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From rhetoric to reality: US history shows how Brexit will end
From rhetoric to reality: US history shows how Brexit will end
Aidan Courtney

Aidan Courtney

Founder and director of technology companies. I write for pleasure on the big issues of the day.

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