Brexit Mess
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-01-16/post-brexit-britain-should-get-used-to-being-a-small-country
Brexit: Blame it on the banking crisis
Brexit: Blame it on the banking crisis
Hold a Second Brexit Referendum
Brexit Timeline
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/15/world/europe/may-brexit-vote-fail.html
Brexit – The Basics
George Will notes:
“In 2016, a majority of voters over the age of 43 favored leaving; a majority of those younger favored remaining. Since then, mortality has taken many Leavers, and many young people have joined the electorate. So, demography, combined with a new understanding of Brexit’s certain costs and myriad uncertainties, could cause 2016’s big bang that began Brexit to end with a 2019 whimper of a referendum saying, “Oh, never mind.””
Brexit: A cultural morphology
Frank Vogl notes:
“…the British people, once the U.K. leaves the EU, will be on their own, free again to wallow in their glorious past should they so wish, while facing grave economic challenges solely of their own making”.
Britain clings to imperial nostalgia as Brexit looms
Britain clings to imperial nostalgia as Brexit looms
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/01/04/britain-clings-imperial-nostalgia-brexit-looms/
The UK must abandon the imperial fantasy of “global military reach”
Labour’s refusal to oppose Brexit is becoming a historic error
The UK must abandon the imperial fantasy of “global military reach”
Labour’s refusal to oppose Brexit is becoming a historic error
Brexit Does Not Matter
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/brexit-does-not-matter-for-global-economy-by-simon-johnson-2018-12
Paul Krugman’s take on post-Brexit Britain
Paul Krugman’s take on post-Brexit Britain
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/opinion/brexit-borders-and-the-bank-of-england-wonkish.html
Watching a Country Make a Fool of Itself
Watching a Country Make a Fool of Itself
Jan Fleischhauer observes:
“The disadvantage of being intelligent is that it hurts to watch someone act dumb. Simplemindedness protects against this pain, which is why in politics, it is often better to be dumb than intelligent.”
Post-Brexit UK Politics
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/09/27/how-brexit-weakens-and-strengthens-britains-conservatives
Rising Inequality and the Brexit Vote
The Brexit Fantasy Goes Down in Tears
Immigration worries drove the Brexit vote. Then attitudes changed