The Globalist

Dealing in alternate realities is a tricky business. As is often noted, predictions are hard, especially about the future.

The EU does not always need more members and deeper integration. Less could be more in the end.

How the United States ended up with one of the highest numbers of time zones for a single country.

No longer a prime meridian country, the former empire still reigns with a dozen time zones.

The man who gave us the disaster of Libya is no help against Brexit.

Probing the economic wisdom of the UK leaving the EU’s “Common Wealth” for former imperial shores.

Who is left to defend the rule of law?

What can be done to derail a United States of Europe, or at least to neuter it?

The Brexit agreement between the UK and the EU is full of contradictions.

The Irish issue is far from solved. Along with the rest of the many vexing Brexit issues, it is set to dominate UK politics for years ahead.