'The beginning of the EU's end': A reflection on post-referendum life

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Nearly four months have passed since the European referendum and we have read many refer to the current period as 'post-Brexit', writes James Sullivan, director and senior fund manager at Coram Asset Management.

That is, of course, inaccurate. We are 'post-referendum' and little more. UK politicians still appear to be deliberating on how to, and when to, exercise their right that "any member state may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements" - otherwise known as Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. The political brinkmanship from Europe is understandable - there is a need to dress this up as a cavalier and ultimately erroneous move by the UK. The rhetoric suggests that the terms of Brexit are non-negotiable, and a soft Brexit doesn't exist. Inde...

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