1. Britain’s tumultuous 47-year membership of the EU ended last night, in an unprecedented blow to the process of postwar integration on the continent. “This is a deep cut for us all,” said German chancellor Angela Merkel. Boris Johnson marked Brexit with a sober but optimistic address to the nation, claiming divorce was inevitable. “For all its stre…
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