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Northern Ireland must, in future, be absorbed into the Irish republic. Wales and Scotland must advance from devolution to full independent status. The four nations of these islands must commit themselves absolutely to the project of a United Europe.

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The United Kingdom is not, and never has been, a nation state.

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The question is whether a confident Europe will be a rival for North America - or whether they will work together and become a more unified bloc.

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The one certainly for anyone in the path of an avalanche is this: standing still is not an option.

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At the end of the Roman Empire, in the Byzantine period, the empire shrinks and shrinks until it consists of one city, Constantinople, and the Ottoman Turks can encircle it.

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One of the problems in the Ukrainian crisis is that very few Westerners know their history, or if they know it, what they learn is what we call the Russian version of history.

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Europe's fragmentation puts the wider historical picture beyond reach.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Historian

Born: June 8th, 1939

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