Getting more insular each day


A demonstrator wrapped in a European flag leaves an anti-Brexit protest in central London on June 28, 2016.EU leaders attempted to rescue the European project and Prime Minister David Cameron sought to calm fears over Britains vote to leave the bloc as ratings agencies downgraded the country. Britain has been pitched into uncertainty by the June 23 referendum result, with Cameron announcing his resignation, the economy facing a string of shocks and Scotland making a fresh threat to break away. / AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS

WELL, it’s been some week! To the shock of everyone, Britain voted to leave the European Union. I was in Britain not too long ago and nobody I knew believed they would leave. But by a whisker, they did. And the consequences are still rolling out all over the world.

All this can be put on the shoulders of one man, David Cameron. What started as an internal party issue was allowed to spin so much out of control that the shockwaves are still being felt.

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Opinion , Marina Mahathir , columnist

   

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