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The long and winding road to Brexit

A previously uncovered history spanning eight decades of how Britain came to say “no” to Europe.


From the battlefields of Algiers to the corridors of Westminster, Britain’s uneasy relationship with Europe has been shaped by thinkers, politicians, financiers, and strategists. In his new book, Between the Waves, the New Statesman’s editor Tom McTague traces a previously uncovered history spanning eight decades of how Britain came to say “no” to Europe.

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