While Brits who wanted to see the EU bugger off celebrate this morning, pollsters in the You-Kay need to huddle and try to figure out why it is they got the outcome wrong. Again. Adios Brussels won by three points. Some…
When I retired last night, the Leave had pulled out to a half million vote lead. I thought this would be cancelled out by the London vote, but this did not come to pass. Britain has voted to leave the…
Every dramatic development brings with it unexpected consequences, and Thursday’s unexpected Brexit victory is no exception. Tons of facial tissue is now being trucked into Washington, D.C. This emergency infusion of the humble product has been made necessary by high-level…
Last night, the British people voted to leave the European Union. When Britain joined the European Economic Community in 1973, the EEC was little more than a customs union. Over time, the EEC evolved into a supranational entity that at…
It is just past 3:30 a.m. in Britain and the Leave campaign leads the Remain campaign by more than half a million votes with a margin of 3.5%. But only just over half the vote has been counted. I have…
It is just past 3:30 a.m. in Britain and the Leave campaign leads the Remain campaign by more than half a million votes with a margin of 3.5%. But only just over half the vote has been counted. I have…
On Thursday, Britain will vote on whether or not to leave the European Union (EU). As things stand, the race is too close to call: a week ago, “Leave” were surging in the polls; this week, things have swung back…
It was a vintage if ill-advised display of firmness. A quarter of a century ago, Margaret Thatcher threw the British House of Commons into an uproar when she mocked the concept of a United States of Europe in no more…
British Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered in broad daylight in her West Yorkshire constituency. Cox was repeatedly shot and stabbed by a man who witnesses report shouting “Britain first”. Cox was a week shy of her 42nd birthday. She…
Imagine going to the polls and voting on this proposition: Vote only once by putting a cross [X] in the box next to your choice. Should Missouri Remain part of the United States of America [ ] Leave the United…
