{"id":7197,"date":"2019-03-27T15:31:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T15:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dannydorling.org\/?p=7197"},"modified":"2022-09-02T10:23:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T10:23:48","slug":"still-two-weeks-to-go-until-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dannydorling.org\/?p=7197","title":{"rendered":"Still two weeks to go until Brexit?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the eve of the House of Commons trying to break the Brexit deadlock,<\/a> a public lecture concerning what Brexit tells us about the British.<\/p>\n

On the night when the government began to post the following email to millions of UK voters, after 5.8 million had petitioned it in a matter of a few days. More than six million by the Wednesday:<\/p>\n

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UK Government response to 5.8+ million people signing a petition to revoke, just before it agreed to a debate on the issue of whether article 50 should now be revoked.<\/p><\/div>\n

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And the day before Donald Tusk said<\/a> to the European Parliament: “You should be open to a long extension, if the UK wishes to rethink its strategy. 6 million people signed the petition, 1 million marched. They may not feel sufficiently represented by UK Parliament but they must feel represented by you. Because they are Europeans<\/em>”<\/p>\n

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A public lecture by Danny Dorling speaking at the Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham by Sea, March 26th 2019: On Brexit, British Empire nostalgia, economic inequality, political incompetence, and hope:<\/p>\n