Britons decisively voted Leave in the 2016 EU referendum in a move that clearly upset the status quo. Ever since, various attempts to thwart Britains exit from Brussels have materialised most notably with calls for a so-called Peoples Vote but also in the 2019 general election when the Liberal Democrats campaigned to revoke Article 50. After the referendum, both major parties campaigned on a Leave platform in the 2017 general election and earned over 80 percent of the popular vote.<\/p>\n
Then, in the 2019 European Parliament election, Nigel Farages newly-formed Brexit Party won convincingly with 29 seats and 30.5 percent of the vote as the electorate grew increasingly frustrated at the lack of progress being made in Britains withdrawal.<\/p>\n
Finally, after Mr Farages success triggered Prime Minister Theresa Mays resignation and Boris Johnson replaced her as Conservative Party leader, the 2019 general election was clearly hinged almost entirely on Brexit.<\/p>\n
Mr Johnson won a historic 80-seat majority while Labours Brexit fudge under Jeremy Corbyn reduced the party to its worst electoral performance since 1935.<\/p>\n
Yet, still, even after Britains exit from the EU on January 31, some on the Remain side are struggling to accept reality.<\/p>\n
Rather than a strict Leave vs Remain argument, the old battle lines have manifested themselves into extension vs no extension as Downing Street grapples with the prospect of leaving the transition arrangement without a deal by the end of 2020.<\/p>\n
One example of this apparent failure to accept not just an era-defining referendum but also four years of electoral precedent, is the suggestion found in pro-EU publication The New European that Shakespeare would certainly have been a Remainer.<\/p>\n
Writing in April, author Charlie Connelly claimed the world-famous Bard would overtly back the politics of Remain today.<\/p>\n
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The companies of the day earned as much of their corn touring abroad as they did treading the boards at home.<\/p>\n
There are frustratingly large gaps in what we know of Shakespeares life, long periods in which we have no idea where he was or what he was doing.<\/p>\n
Its likely that, certainly in his younger days, he spent chunks of that time trundling around the continent with a bunch of other actors in a cart loaded with props, costumes and bits of scenery.<\/p>\n
He also dwelled on how Europe inspired Shakespeare as he pointed out that one of his most famous works, Hamlet, was partly inspired by Denmarks Kronborg Castle.<\/p>\n
Mr Connelly added: The roster of Hamlets reminds us of better times, of European integration and the ability we take for granted to wander across continents.<\/p>\n
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