Yes, there is always a reaction. Though paradoxically it is often foreigners that are whipping up reactionary nationalists. Putin has long been a sponsor of nationalist populists in Europe, and now M… (View Post)
Thanks. I will add it to my reading list. Similarly, this book on the horsetrading around the Versailles conference in 1919 has a lot on how borders were decided, including for such contentious place… (View Post)
Certainly a big boon to the City of London. Why else do so many foreign robber barons and crooked politicians have their fortunes here? Money laundering is what made this country great. (View Post)
Increasingly the Broligarchy is opting out of the nation state, gutting US government services in order to drop their taxes even lower. Similarly there is the issue with companies making fortunes out… (View Post)
No, the EU was simply democracy on a larger scale. I appreciate that you never felt loyalty to the EU, but many of us did, and I was personally affronted when my European identity was stripped away, … (View Post)