Of Leeds United, Brexit Britain and Hope

Aidan Courtney
11 min readDec 13, 2020

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 in sport, they were playing in League One, football’s third tier. Now, after another thirteen…

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Aidan Courtney

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