It's hard to keep track of all the historical analogies being drawn for potential British collapse, so I've decided to compile them here so you don't have to.
There's quite a few.
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Truly a classic collapse comparison "UK = Soviet Union"
"Like Russia and the Russians, England and the English are in the throes of an identity crisis."
"Scotland’s likelihood of leaving the UK if Britain leaves the EU, because the larger country is seceding from something that the smaller country inside does not want to leave, is an example of ‘recursive secession’. " 3/ blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/201…
Yet another classic "UK = Austria-Hungary"
"Just over 100 years ago, the Habsburg Empire... suddenly disintegrated. The structural and political dynamics that felled Austria-Hungary can be seen here in the UK."
One of the more original takes, and definitely an optimistic one. Norway-Sweden peacefully dissolved in 1905 by mutual agreement, something that *could* happen in a dissolution of the Union of 1707.
A popular one, "UK = the sick man of Europe aka the Ottoman Empire"
Honestly there's dozens of these takes and half of them have nothing to do with the UK falling apart but definitely the most common historical analogy used for Brexit Britain.
It is indeed possible to discuss British collapse entirely within the context of Britain's own history and without drawing parallels to other states that have collapsed. This is one good example but lots of others out there.
These were all the ones I've seen or found so if there are any more out there please let me know!
All these historical parallels do provide genuine insight into how various states of collapsed and what it may mean for Britain so any more would be appreciated.
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Wow it's really true. The European Commission's "redacted" copy of the AstraZeneca-EU vaccine contract is not redacted at all because you can just see everything in the bookmarks bar on the left.
Somebody should definitely be fired for this.
Does this qualify as the EU breaking its contract in publishing sections of the contract that are by mutual agreement not meant to be made public?
Shame the EU redacted the "Cost of Goods" part of the AstraZeneca contract because if the people of Europe knew what a great discount the European Commission got I'm sure they'd be happy not to be vaccinated until 2022.
Yes I know this is a legal requirement around vaccine procurement, I've read one article on the matter so I am an expert.
Don't think the US fully appreciates that China's greatest soft power tool is building things very quickly.
Pretty sure for most people in much of the world this is one of the few things they know about China and they find it very impressive.
As many people are already all too aware, America's infrastructure looks terrible compared to most countries that have become highly developed recently (Central Europe, east Asia, etc.) so it's not impressive at all.
Although I must say, this is something the EU does fantastically as well in funding infrastructure in less developed parts of Europe. Nothing more impressive than landing in a brand new airport and driving onto a brand new highway.