Tag: Bremain

  • Britain Has Voted Out, and Europa Is Weeping

    Britain Has Voted Out, and Europa Is Weeping

    This is the feeling of the axis of history tilting: not a smooth, mechanical turn, but the ground shifting and trembling beneath your feet. What even yesterday seemed so solid is now running through your fingers like silt. The possibilities that gave you hope have vanished behind a cloud, and now there is only a…

  • Brexit or Bremain, the British Culture War Is Just Getting Going

    Brexit or Bremain, the British Culture War Is Just Getting Going

    Yes, thank God – it’s nearly over. In a fortnight’s time, the British public will finally decide at the ballot box whether or not to remain part of the European Union, bringing to a close several months of agonisingly irrelevant campaigning. There were those of us who hoped this referendum campaign would stimulate something of…