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The Disunited Kingdom – Radical federalism and the search for a new common-wealth
A new democratic settlement cannot replicate the old one. It must go beyond the fanciful claims of micronationalism and identity politics, says ALAN SIMPSON

DO NOT underestimate the scale of the democratic crisis facing Britain.
Don’t kid yourselves either that it isn’t going to get a lot, lot worse.
Brexit opened up wounds that will not easily heal. Mythical claims, wrapped up in sovereignty and identity politics, looked a lot different when viewed from the rotting mounds of fish that could not be exported from our “sovereign” lands.
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