Brexit and the lessons of history

“The Europe we have today is the worst possible Europe, apart from all the other Europes that have been tried from time to time.” - Historian Timothy Garton Ash paraphrasing Winston Churchill With almost clockwork precision, Europe has torn itself apart in violent, usually barbaric paroxysms of self-destruction every 30-50 years for at least the past 1000 years.  The last such example of self-annihilation was the Second World War, from 1939-1945.  Historians debate whether it was the worst of all these episodes, but we do know that over 50 million people......(read more)

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