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

Published: October 8, 2018 at 6:31 PM
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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