Home » , » Brexit too complicated for referendum, says Jared Diamond

Brexit too complicated for referendum, says Jared Diamond

Written By Unknown on Saturday, June 1, 2019 | 12:36 PM

Why did Britain not look to other countries for examples of best practice, asks expert

Brexit was too complex to be decided by referendum and should have been left in the hands of elected representatives, not voters, the leading US historian Jared Diamond has said.

Speaking at the Hay festival on Saturday about his latest book, Upheaval, an analysis of world crises, Diamond said both individuals and nations could solve crises by “having a model of someone or a country who had a similar problem and solved it successfully”.

Related: Labour is under pressure to change tack on Brexit – but is it too late already? | Rachel Shabi

Continue reading...

0 comments:

Post a Comment