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The trouble with ‘taking back control’

5 September 2020

9:00 AM

5 September 2020

9:00 AM

I sympathised with Leave voters who yearned to ‘take back control’ of British borders. After all, if being a country means anything, it surely entails first and foremost a clear understanding of who comes under that country’s protection — and who doesn’t. Otherwise a country is just a patch on a map.

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