‘Looking back, it’s clear that remain could never win a contest like that because it was never really about British membership of the EU. In effect, the question became: “Do you want things to remain as they are, or would you like to leave the current reality of your life for something better?”’
“The geopolitical lunacy of Brexit…”
Five words that speak volumes.
An absolute essential must-read piece by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social on brexit 10 years down the track.
If someone had told me in my younger days that a British event would occupy my brain for a decade I would have thought they were quite mad.
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Trump lets rip at Netanyahu - and the Israeli PM’s war on democracy intensifies. Latest Unholy linktr.ee/unholypod
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A timely reminder from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social that the harms of #brexit go way beyond the economic
"Recklessness with the futures of 70m people remains unforgivable – and the guilt belongs to Cameron and Osborne almost as much as to Gove and Johnson." Excellent by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social, though Corbyn & other Lexiteers also among the guilty men. #Brexit www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Excellent piece by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social, heralding the approaching 10-year anniversary of the most egregious own-goal that any Western democracy has ever scored. #Brexit was & is an insult & a tragedy, & the only remedy is to #Rejoin. Click below.
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The Brexit vote 10 years on - and the legacy we live with every day. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There are going to be a lot of these '10th anniversary of the referendum' pieces in the next few weeks - my own will be in the next @bylinetimes.bsky.social - but this by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social sets a very high bar: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Brit running to be Governor of California - and a setback for Donald Trump. Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with @samtlevin.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJgi...
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Ten years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
Ten years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
Ten years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
The Brexit vote 10 years on - and the legacy we live with every day. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Chris Grey
Ten years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
Ten years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
Ten years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
The Brexit vote 10 years on - and the legacy we live with every day. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ten years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
Ten years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland