The uncertainty in financial markets from Brexit throws a spanner in the works of the election campaign in its final week.
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As the world tries to get a handle on what a Brexit means, D-Day looms for both Labor and the Coalition.
Africa will feel the loss of the EU’s influence in its relationship with Britain.
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Britain’s decision to leave the EU will fundamentally affect Africa’s relationship with UK in a way that will be damaging to all.
South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at a European Union-South Africa summit in 2012.
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It’s unclear what South Africa’s attitude will be to negotiating new deals with the UK and the EU. In the past seven years it has lost its appetite for trade deals, particularly with the developed world.
How to avoid the politics of revenge.
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Angela Merkel’s calmness is a key part of her negotiating strategy.
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An incident on a train is a reminder of the damaging rhetoric that has been allowed to thrive in the run up to the referendum.
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Brexit campaigners connected with voters who felt left behind – and won.
Morning-after triumphalism has given way to caution as the ramifications of Brexit sink in.
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As the news sinks in, a lot of people who voted to Leave are having second thoughts. Many of them journalists.
Corbyn could be saved by the vagueness of Labour’s rules.
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How can Jeremy Corbyn insist that he isn’t budging, despite a no confidence vote?
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The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union is a product, ironically, of the political elite’s longstanding aversion to democratic self-rule.
Young people, angry at the vote for Brexit, outside Downing Street.
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What leaving the EU means for research, student experience and higher education reforms.
Walls intended to separate, such as this one in Berlin, seem to be back in vogue.
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Liberal forces such as free markets, internationalism and tolerance have helped shape the current world yet appear to be on the wane.
Bill Shorten was confident a Labor government could keep its promises.
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Bill Shorten has linked Brexit back to inequality and people being marginalised, in a counter to Malcolm Turnbull’s call for stability in the wake of the British vote.
A free trade agreement with the EU now needs to be the focus of Australia’s attention.
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Any sentimental colonial ties should be put aside; Australia’s best trade chance lies with Europe.
Looking behind the headline numbers.
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There are plenty of reasons to reject the consensus that Brexit will be costly to the UK economy.
An uncertain direction.
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How does the UK go about disentangling itself from EU laws?
‘Nice knowing you.’
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If Holyrood is ultimately answerable to Westminster, Westminster is ultimately answerable to realpolitik.
Am I?
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If the angry voters of Britain remain divided, perhaps a split is the best option for the warring opposition.
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Big promises have been made but no plan seems to be in place.
City Hall: London’s new Westminster?
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It’s critical to protect London’s European connections from Brexit’s isolationism - could independence be the way forward?
They did what? Juncker reacts to Brexit.
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Leaders must address their critics to avoid losing more members.