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Ancient and modern

Like Thasos or Naxos in ancient Greece, Brexit Britain must be punished

9 December 2017

9:00 AM

9 December 2017

9:00 AM

Since the EU does not want the UK to leave and will do everything to stop it leaving, it is becoming clearer by the day that the Brexiteers’ hopes of a beneficial or even a remotely satisfactory withdrawal agreement are at an end.

Like the EU, Athenians knew how to deal with ‘leavers’.

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