Britain is working to restore relations broken by Brexit
Brexit gave the British people independence from Europe. But can the value of national sovereignty be quantified and is it worth more than economic stability? On the morning of David Cameron's resignation as Prime Minister of Britain seven years ago, I wrote a story for News Decoder. Cameron had lost a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union. The article was an attempt at rational analysis in a moment of tremendous shock. No fewer than 17.4 million people voted to leave the EU. One sentence in particular stands out to me now: 'A referendum will seldom settle an issue once and for all.' So it is proof. Brexit happened, and its ideologues made the harshest secession from the EU they could. But now Britain is beginning to recognize the damage being done to its economy, and the supposed benefits of Brexit are being seen as hollow. Can new trade deals bridge the new divide? A slightly more lenient UK government has already negotiated a new d...