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Monday, July 11th, 2016

The Waiting Game: Playing for Time After Brexit

Author:     Christoph Scheuermann
Source:     Der Spiegel (Germany)
Publication Date:     July 08, 2016 – 06:49 PM
Link: The Waiting Game: Playing for Time After Brexit
Stephan:   With all the murders in the U.S. capturing the American media's very limited range Brexit has dropped out of the spotlight. But two weeks after the startling outcome of the U.K. vote the forces Brexit set in motion are very much in play, and the European world is undergoing major change. It will have a significant effect on the U.S, media or no. Here is the German view or, at least Der Spiegel's version. In the U.S. we should stay in touch with what is happening, although I doubt we will. But at least SR readers will be well-informed.
London on 1 July. Demonstrators hold placards with the words "Liar Liar Pants On Fire" written on them as they protest next to underwear, featuring various politicians faces, hung up outside the home of former London Mayor Boris Johnson Credit: Jack Taylor

London on 1 July. Demonstrators hold placards with the words “Liar Liar Pants On Fire” written on them as they protest next to underwear, featuring various politicians faces, hung up outside the home of former London Mayor Boris Johnson
Credit: Jack Taylor

LONDON — Two weeks after the EU referendum, Britain’s political elite is crumbling and the country still has no plan for Brexit. The next government — and also the Europeans — will have to pick up the pieces.

British democracy these days is reminiscent of a crumbling building. And that isn’t just a metaphor. Parts of Westminster Palace, home to the House of Commons and the House of Lords, is wrapped in scaffolding and plastic tarps. The façade is brittle, water is seeping in through the roof and pipes are leaky. The […]

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