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Geopolitics British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has campaigned for a Brexit that can largely be explained by the rejection of immigration.
By Peter Brooke*
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Lhe Brits are having an extraordinary time. Ukip’s “nuts, crazies and unacknowledged racists”, in the words of David Cameron, seem to have won the game. With a staggering lack of irony, Boris Johnson has promised to make Brexit “a titanic success”. Some have even suggested that the UK should declare war on Spain to defend Gibraltar. In this surreal atmosphere, the analysis of the origins of Brexit proposed by Clarke, Goodwin and Whiteley brings a little reason. Based on the study of a large number of polls conducted since 2004, they explain why the British chose to leave the European Union in June 2016.
More than anything, it is the rejection of immigration that has…
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