A decade after Brexit, Britain must forge a realistic new partnership with Europe
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Summary
Almost a decade after the 2016 EU referendum and five years post-Brexit, the article argues that Brexit has not lived up to expectations and that Britain needs to move beyond the arguments of 2016. It calls for developing a realistic new partnership with Europe to strengthen Britain's prosperity, security, and influence, acknowledging that the narrow 52%-48% Leave result was an uncertain vote on Britain's past rather than a clear mandate for the future.
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Such a margin was unlikely to settle matters; if it was anything, it was more of an uncertain vote of confidence in Britain's past than its future.
It is already clear that it has not lived up to expectations.
The challenge now is to develop a realistic new partnership with Europe that strengthens Britain's prosperity, security and influence
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