Brexit 
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SOURCE: The Guardian
2/25/2020
On Behalf of All 'Future Historians,’ Leave Us Out of Your Brexit Rants
by Charlotte Lydia Riley
The people who invoke historians of the future are less keen on listening to actually existing historians today.
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SOURCE: Smithsonian Mag
1/30/20
A Not-So-Brief History of Scottish Independence
This primer covers Scottish sovereignty from the Roman era to the Jacobite revolts, the 2014 referendum and Brexit.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
1/30/20
Why Britain Brexited
by Tom McTague
For decades, the country has struggled with the challenge facing the modern nation-state: how to balance control and influence.
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12/22/19
Brexit and the End of the United Kingdom
by Ed Simon
Because of Boris Johnson’s ascendancy, it must be considered that it is not only inevitable that there won’t be a United Kingdom again, but that it’s necessary that there shouldn’t be.
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SOURCE: The Independent
12/5/19
Brexit will ultimately destabilise Europe, historians fear
Experts on European politics and history are shocked by the imbalance in the media coverage – and are warning of the probably consequences.
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11/5/19
The Ghosts of Founders Past
by Jason Pack
Halloween held a ghoulish surprise for American President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. As a result of their hubris, they were both forced to watch their longstanding dreams of unbridled executive authority die in the ditch of rule of law.
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SOURCE: The Guardian
10/20/19
Have you heard of the catastrophic men theory of history? Step forward Boris Johnson...
by Nick Cohen
Self-interested and reckless leadership defines too much of our past – and present.
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SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
10/13/19
American Brexit
by Tom Engelhardt
It’s Not Just Britain Headed for the Subbasement of Imperial History.
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SOURCE: History Today
Accessed 9/26/19
Are There Any Meaningful Historical Analogies for Brexit? Historians Respond.
Featuring Ali Ansari, Miranda Malins, D.H. Robinson, and Jonathan Fitzgibbons.
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9/8/19
Sir Ian Kershaw on His Latest Book, Brexit, and the Future of Europe
by David O’Connor
"The EU has come a long way and, as Brexit shows, the networks built up over previous decades are extremely complex."
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SOURCE: The Conversation
9/3/19
The American Founders made sure the president could never suspend Congress
by Eliga Gould
Given the similarities between the U.S. and U.K. political systems and the personal parallels – and affection – between Johnson and U.S. President Donald Trump, Americans might wonder whether the president has a similar power to suspend Congress.
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SOURCE: The Guardian
8/1/19
Expecting Ireland to be servile is part of a long British tradition
by Richard McMahon
The Brexit crisis is another example of how the UK so often ignores the consequences of its conduct on its neighbour.
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7/31/19
All the world’s a stage when you’re Boris Johnson basking in the no-deal-Brexit spotlight
by Esau Williams
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, the boy who once said he wanted to be ‘world king,’ has finally realized his life-long ambition of becoming British Prime Minister.
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SOURCE: Time
July 26, 2019
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson Rode the Same Wave Into Power. History Suggests the Parallels Won’t Stop There
by David Kaiser
The history of Anglo-American relations and how Trump and Johnson will utilize them.
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SOURCE: The New York Times
July 27, 2019
Winston Churchill Would Despise Boris Johnson
by Ian Buruma
Britain’s new leader has a sadly exaggerated sense of the importance his country will have after Brexit.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
7/24/19
How the failure of popular politics triggered the rise of Boris Johnson
by Jesse Tumblin
Instead of solving intractable problems, public referendums simply exacerbate them.
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7/7/19
Fictional History, Patriotism, and the Fight for Scottish Independence
by LuAnn McCracken Fletcher
As promoters of Scotland as a tourist destination continue to embrace “tartan heritage” in an effort to support Scotland’s important tourist industry, they unwittingly reinforce a version of history that serves the purpose of political propaganda, rather than disseminating a nuanced understanding of Scotland’s past.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
7/1/19
The Search for a Brexit-Era Margaret Thatcher
Forty years after Margaret Thatcher’s era-defining election victory in 1979, Britain once again appears divided and ungovernable, with a decision to make.
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SOURCE: Inside Sources
5/26/2019
BBC Reporter Educated in U.S. Frames the “Brutal” Brexit Exit of Theresa May
by Esau Williams
Theresa May’s exit is not likely to change Britian's relationship with Europe much.
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SOURCE: NY Times
5/6/19
Brexit? Danes Have Seen This Show, and It Doesn’t End Well
In 1864, riding a wave of nationalism, another former colonial power, Denmark, became engulfed in a doomed military conflict against Prussian and Austrian forces, experiencing a crushing loss that led to the surrender of around a third of its territory.
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