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Brexit came about as a result of leadership failures in the United Kingdom; it was not inevitable. The most egregious error on the road to Brexit was the promise of an “in/out” referendum in the Conservative Party’s 2015 election manifesto in an effort to appease Euroskeptics. It had the opposite effect and produced a narrow majority in favor of leaving the European Union in the June 2016 referendum.
Brexit is a lose-lose process that will leave both Britain and the other EU countries weaker than they would have been otherwise. “Brexit will never become a …read more
Brexit and the British Election
