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Brexit: Parting of Europe’s Prodigal Son- Part 4

Brexit: Parting of Europe’s Prodigal Son- Part 4

Written By : Riaz Quadir Paris, France Image Credit: shutterstock.com Brexit now has top billing in the gladiator’s arena with a global audience sitting on the edge of their seats with bated breath as to what is going to happen next. Looks more like death-by-a-thousand-cuts than one with a single coup de grâce. Historians will be debating (mostly, cluelessly) for generations to come, asking how they ever got here in the first place. Well, historians will have a lot of time to do that I’m sure, but for those of us who are perplexed by the rather singular behaviour of…
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Brexit: Parting of Europe’s Prodigal Son- Part 2

Brexit: Parting of Europe’s Prodigal Son- Part 2

Written By : Riaz Quadir Paris, France Image Credit: shutterstock.com Humanity for the large part has been playing ostrich regarding climate change and the impending chaos it entails, perhaps even extinction of life on Earth. However, because there is no defined timeline for these projected calamities, one can stay with one’s head buried in the sands interminably. Brexit however, is a totally different matter. For Britain the world ends in March 2019. Panic is gripping Britain tighter and tighter as the days go by. The country is gradually waking up to the idea that the promises made by the leavers…
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