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How Brexit changed us: Rejoining the EU is now unthinkable except for a diehard minority

In a few years, young people may wonder why Brexit caused such a fuss.

By Robert Tombs

How Brexit changed us: Rejoining the EU is now unthinkable except for a diehard minority

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Why my New Statesman reviewer is wrong to fear Brexit

We will soon see the UK is better out of the EU than in it.

By Robert Tombs

Jeremy Corbyn, Emmanuel Macron and the age of volatility

The rise of populism in Britain and France is the result of a restless “crowd electorate”. Both countries' future…

By Robert Tombs

The English Revolt

Brexit, Euroscepticism and the future of the United Kingdom.

By Robert Tombs

What does England want?

Not since the 1640s, when Scottish armies repeatedly marched south against Charles I, has the English establishment been so…

By Robert Tombs

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