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Long-term social and demographic changes - and the conflicts they create - continue to transform British politics. In this accessible and authoritative book Sobolewska and Ford show how deep the roots of this polarisation and volatility run, drawing out decades of educational expansion and rising ethnic diversity as key drivers…
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2 authors picked Brexitland as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book by Maria Sobolewska and Rob Ford – two political scientists at Manchester University – is superlative at unpacking the underlying political currents that fuelled the Brexit vote of 2016.
Of course there were lots of immediate factors that led to the vote to leave, but this book puts the underlying Brexit culture war in its historical context, mixing data and polling insights with forensic analysis.
What you start to see is that the decision of both Tory and Labour politicians to weaponise both EU membership and immigration slowly laid the foundations for Brexit to become the lightning rod…
From Peter's list on Britain after Brexit.
On June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. The vote was 17.4 million in favor of leaving against 15.1 in favor of staying. If ever there was a case of shooting oneself in the foot, this was it. Why? Simply, because the English don’t like foreigners. Whatever, the consequences were immediate and predictable. Try crossing over to France in your car in the summer. Try selling perishable fish to the Germans, before the indeterminable paperwork is finished. Try solving the border barriers between Eire (in the EU) and Northern Ireland (out of the EU). Judging…
From Michael's list on why such nice people as we are so nasty.
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