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The Brexit Vote May Be Pushing the U.K. Towards a Breakup
The country’s 50/50 split on the issue doesn’t bode well for future consensus.
As Britain braces itself for Thursday’s referendum on E.U. membership, the result is still too close to call. The latest polls have the pro-Remain camp ahead by just one percent—a hair’s breadth so narrow it could easily reverse or be proved inaccurate.
Some outcomes of the grueling, dispiriting referendum campaign nonetheless seem pretty clear already. Whatever the result, it will be so close as to divide Britain for years, splitting the country down the middle. Indeed, it could even present a challenge to the U.K.’s future cohesion as a state.