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Brexit

Yves Hayat. — «   Brexit   », de la série «   Parfum de révolte   », 2016. Courtesy Galerie Mark Hachem, Paris The COVID pandemic slump and the underlying weakness of British capital are much more damaging to the UK's economic future than Brexit. Brexit is just an extra burden for British capital to face; as it also will be for British households. The Brexit deal

Trump’s America

The no vote polled the highest national vote with 37%.  There were another 20m voting age Americans excluded from the poll for various nefarious reasons (they had committed a felony or the state administration had refused their registration). In fact, the turn out was 58%. And make no mistake, if the election was not held in an unprecedented situation, i.e. the pandemic, Trump would have won. Contrary to “Biden will unite and heal the country,” some liberals have no illusions:    It’s still Trump’s America