By Alexander Nicoll It sounds appealingly simple. Here’s a really important issue for the future of the nation. Let the people have their say! That will settle it once and for all. But the example of David Cameron offers a lesson to all democratic...
Brexit has revealed a country deeply divided over economic security to national identity — issues likely to define politics for a generation. A London taxi driver flies a British flag, 24 June 2016. (EPA/Hannah McKay) The UK referendum has revealed a country...
This article is part of a series by young people on Britain’s referendum on whether to remain in the European Union. Last week we ran a decoder by Emma Bapt on the historic vote. Yesterday we published an article by Oliver Neale arguing that the United Kingdom...
This is the first in a series of decoders by our summer intern, Emma Bapt. For more decoders explaining big events, click here. By Emma Bapt Britain votes on June 23 whether to remain in the European Union in a referendum with potentially momentous consequences for...
The prospect of Britain quitting the European Union has raised concerns of a return to sectarian violence in British-ruled Northern Ireland. A mother and two daughters in a Catholic neighborhood of Belfast the day after the Good Friday Agreement in April 1998. (AP...