Britain at the end of history
What Margaret Thatcher’s failures over German reunification can teach Brexit Britain 30 years on.
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Robert Saunders
Robert Saunders teaches history at Queen Mary University of London. His most recent book is Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum and Seventies Britain
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