Brexit

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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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• SOURCE: CNN
  Accessed 3/26/19
  

  Margaret MacMillan, History Professor Emeritus at Oxford University, Gives Warnings from history for Brexit Britain

  She warned that after Brexit, England could go back to the way it was in the 15th Century.

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• 1/16/19
  

  The Defect that Brexit and MAGA Share

  by Jonathan Fennell

  After yesterday's Brexit defeat, the lessons that Brexiteers and Trump could learn from World War 2.

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• 12/14/2018
  

  One Thing We Know for Sure About Brexit Is the Effect It’s Having on British Political Identity

  by Luke Reader

  The firmest indicator of political identity is whether one supports leaving or remaining in the EU.

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• SOURCE: WSJ
  12-10-2018
  

  Voters Rebel in Europe’s Big Three

  by Walter Russell Mead

  Western political systems are under strain despite good economic times.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  12-9-2018
  

  Why Brexit might not happen

  by Laura Beers

  Ignoring the will of the people is a British tradition.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  11-21-18
  

  Britain will go back into the European club

  by Simon Jenkins

  History proves it.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  10-15-18
  

  The Roman ‘Brexit’: how life in Britain changed after 409AD

  by Will Bowden

  One of the remarkable things about the first decades of the 5th century was the apparent speed with which the things we associate with Roman life disappeared.

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• SOURCE: Independent
  9-25-18
  

  These are the terrifying parallels between Brexit and the appeasement of Hitler in the 1930s

  by David Keys

  Their MPs were opposed to leaving the EU, yet still the leaderships of both major political parties persist in hurtling towards the Brexit precipice like lemmings, ignoring the lessons of the past – and weakening European stability.

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• SOURCE: WSJ
  9-24-18
  

  Walter Russell Mead warns that a nasty Brexit threatens the West

  by Walter Russell Mead

  The U.K. plays an important role in sustaining American support for Europe.

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• SOURCE: National Review
  6-7-18
  

  Europe’s Vanishing Calm

  by Victor Davis Hanson

  Europeans claim to be building a new democratic culture but the governing elites of the European Union consider voters little more than members of reckless mobs.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  5-21-18
  

  Yuval Noah Harari: Brexit will not halt drive to 'human unification'

  New book by bestselling historian argues global challenges will make nations ever more interdependent.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  3-29-18
  

  Timothy Garton Ash: "We have six months to foil Brexit. And here’s how we can do it.”

  by Timothy Garton Ash

  The British historian still believes Brexit can be undone.

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• SOURCE: New Republic
  1-8-18
  

  What Happened to the European Union?

  by Michael Kimmage

  William Drozdiak's new book charts the tensions that have divided a continent.

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• SOURCE: Express
  12-21-17
  

  "It's a race!" Will the UK or EU collapse first? What Norman Davies thinks.

  “I’m pretty certain that Poland will last longer than the United Kingdom.”

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• SOURCE: NY Review of Books
  10-13-17
  

  Brexit: ‘Take Back Control’?

  by Simon Head

  The only solution that makes sense for Britain: to abandon the whole disastrous project altogether.

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• 10-15-17
  

  How’s Brexit Going?

  by Luke Reader

  It’s been 6 months since the British began the process of withdrawing from the EU. The signals thus far are not promising.