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Britain after Brexit: it’s time to decide on our place in the world

Our future role and standing depend on what we do at home now

issue 11 January 2020
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Robert Tombs

Robert Tombs is an emeritus professor in history at the University of Cambridge and the author of This Sovereign Isle: Britain in and out of Europe (Allen Lane, 2021). He also edits the History Reclaimed website

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