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There’s a delicious irony to Remainers’ branding of Leave voters as confused individuals who have simply made a desperate howling noise, whose anti-EU vote was a ‘howl of anger’ (Tim Farron) or a ‘howl of frustration’ (JK Rowling). Which is that if anyone’s been howling in recent days, it’s them, the top dogs of the…
The Interpreter By MAX FISHER WASHINGTON — In the days since Britons voted to leave the European Union, the so-called “Brexit” referendum has created such severe turmoil that public attention is increasingly focused on an extreme option: Can they get out of it? Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday that he considered the referendum…
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People have been reporting incidents of racism believed to be fuelled by the result of the EU referendum, including alleged racist graffiti and cards reading “no more Polish vermin” posted through letterboxes. Suspected racist graffiti was found on the front entrance of the Polish Social and Cultural Association (POSK) in Hammersmith, west London, early on…
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK U.S. business investment, already heading for its worst slowdown since the global financial crisis, could decline further as Britain’s vote to leave the European Union creates more risks for companies, economists say. With growth tepid at home, North American companies as diverse as plane maker Boeing Co (BA.N), Ford Motor Co (F.N),…
Photo A protest against the so-called Brexit in Parliament Square in London on Saturday. Credit Adam Ferguson The New York Times LONDON — Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union is already threatening to unravel a democratic bloc of nations that has coexisted peacefully together for decades. But it is also generating uncertainty about…
“If we are victorious in one more battle … we shall be utterly ruined.” Like the good intellectual that he’s vigorously pretended not to be of late, Boris Johnson will probably know that line. It’s from the Greek historian Plutarch’s account of the battle that gave us the phrase “pyrrhic victory”, the kind of victory…
The football was predictable. Nil-nil at half time, little drama. The politics were a different story, shock still reverberating from the Brexit vote among fans of all stripes at an ex-pat pub in New York on Saturday. Related: Gareth McAuley’s own goal takes Wales past Northern Ireland at Euro 2016 Many had voted against type….
Scotland’s government began moves Friday to hold a new referendum on independence from the U.K. after the “Brexit” vote, saying it faced being taken out of the European Union against its will. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was among the majority of Scots who voted to “Remain” the European Union. ROBERT PERRY / AFP…
We now know how the country voted as a whole in Thursday’s referendum, but how were demographic factors like age, income, and education reflected in the result? An eve-of-result poll released by YouGov at 10pm last night (which, admittedly, gave Remain a four-point lead) confirms the age/voting intention correlation shown by polls throughout the campaign: EU referendum…