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The geography of Brexit: what the vote reveals about the Disunited Kingdom

  • Written by John Rennie Short, Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

A majority in the U.K. voted to leave the EU. But a look at the geography of the vote provides another angle on the result and insights into the political geography of the Disunited Kingdom.

The vote laid bare a seldom-acknowledged political and economic imbalance within the country. It has also raised the chances of dissolving a more than three...

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