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So I have acquired a copy of the ‘neverendum’ property investment article that has been doing the rounds in the press since Sunday. It is *very* unusual for an academic article to be trailed to the press before it is actually published and therefore available to read.
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Here’s what’s actually in it…
The intro sections search for previous instances that might be comparable with Scotland and the independence/Brexit context. Aside from the breakup of the USSR and Czechoslovakia, the intro focuses on The Troubles in Northern Ireland, and Quebec.
The intro sections search for previous instances that might be comparable with Scotland and the independence/Brexit context. Aside from the breakup of the USSR and Czechoslovakia, the intro focuses on The Troubles in Northern Ireland, and Quebec.
The latter is a reasonable comparison, there having been literature on the economic impacts of the sovereignty referendum there. *But* none of this literature is mentioned. Indeed, the main reference cited is a BBC News report, from which the ‘neverendum’ term is lifted.
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