Guilty Men / by "Cato the Younger"
By: Cato, the Younger
.Publisher: London : Biteback Publishing, 2017Edition: Brexit edition.Description: x, 207.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1785902490; 9781785902413.Subject(s): Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 2010- | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- European Union countries | European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Great BritainDDC classification: 328.241 Summary: "Britain’s 2016 vote to leave the EU was the most momentous democratic decision ever made in British history. No development since the Second World War is likely to have more far-reaching consequences for the British economy, society, politics and culture. Some predict it will lead eventually to the break-up of the UK, others to the end of the EU, others to an enhanced likelihood of war in Europe and beyond.
The vote to leave took just a single day, but the decision to call the referendum followed several months of agonising in No. 10, while the ground for Britain’s departure was sown over many, many years.
When Britain entered the EU in 1973, it was known as ‘the sick man of Europe’. When it voted to leave in 2016, it had the fastest-growing economy in the G7,and it was both the world’s top soft power and one of its most creative and tolerant nations.
Why have we risked all this? Ask the guilty men, who, for reasons of personal gain, misplaced ideology or sheer folly, have jeopardised all our futures" (publisher's website).
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| 328.241 ATK The referendum in Britain : a history / | 328.241 BRE Brexit Britain : the consequences of the vote to leave the European Union / | 328.241 BUT The 1975 referendum / | 328.241 CAT Guilty Men / | 328.241 CLA Brexit : why Britain voted to leave the European Union / | 328.241 FAR How to lose a referendum : the definitive story of why the UK voted for Brexit / | 328.241 HAN What next / |
"Britain’s 2016 vote to leave the EU was the most momentous democratic decision ever made in British history. No development since the Second World War is likely to have more far-reaching consequences for the British economy, society, politics and culture. Some predict it will lead eventually to the break-up of the UK, others to the end of the EU, others to an enhanced likelihood of war in Europe and beyond.
The vote to leave took just a single day, but the decision to call the referendum followed several months of agonising in No. 10, while the ground for Britain’s departure was sown over many, many years.
When Britain entered the EU in 1973, it was known as ‘the sick man of Europe’. When it voted to leave in 2016, it had the fastest-growing economy in the G7,and it was both the world’s top soft power and one of its most creative and tolerant nations.
Why have we risked all this? Ask the guilty men, who, for reasons of personal gain, misplaced ideology or sheer folly, have jeopardised all our futures" (publisher's website).