
Brexit: Parliament Vs. The People
In the next few months the UK will make one of the most momentous political decisions in its post-war history finalising and approving the withdrawal
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Yiannis Kitromilides is Associate Member of the Cambridge Centre of Economic and Public Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge. He has previously taught at the University of Greenwich, University of Westminster, University of Middlesex and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

In the next few months the UK will make one of the most momentous political decisions in its post-war history finalising and approving the withdrawal

After the ‘seismic’ shock of ‘Brexit’ a re-appraisal is taking place in the EU concerning the future direction the remaining 27 member states could take.

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