Brexit and American independence

Tom Cutterham describes how the Brexit negotiations compare with America’s departure from the British empire

Treaty Of Paris, 1783, by Benjamin West (Photo by Granger/REX/Shutterstock)

Published: October 8, 2018 at 6:31 pm

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Historian Tom Cutterham compares the ongoing negotiations to take Britain out of the EU with those of the 1780s when the United States departed from the British empire

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