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  • More Silence About Brexit – More Trouble for the EU

    Though the British referendum on leaving the European Union is just two months ahead, the British people likely do not feel as though something truly historical is going to happen. This is not because leaving the EU, a proposal known as the “Brexit,” is unlikely—in fact, polls show voters evenly distributed between the Leave and…

  • A Primer on the Scottish Referendum

    BY THE WUPR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF On September 18th, Scots will go to the polls to vote on independence from Britain, the first time the question has been brought to a vote since they became part of the United Kingdom in 1707. The referendum seems to have snuck up on British politicians, who have mounted a last-ditch…