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Clause IV was not so much an attempt to capture this mounting disillusionment as to divert it. The British Government sent Henderson to Russia in the spring of 1917 — before the October Revolution — in the hope that he would persuade non-Bolshevik socialists to remain committed to the..…
Some people in EU want Britain to leave, and would be happy to use this issue as justification for pushing Brits out of the door. Specifically, Pierre Moscovici, puts it, EU needs 'reasoned request for extending Article 50.. ..…
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