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| Brexit: 'Finally! UK aid workers will understand what political instability really feels like' Brexit: 'Finally! UK aid workers will understand what political instability really feels like' | |
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| When working overseas in some trouble spot with dubious governance, endemic corruption and self serving elites, it is quite common to meet aid workers who are British (me, for example). | When working overseas in some trouble spot with dubious governance, endemic corruption and self serving elites, it is quite common to meet aid workers who are British (me, for example). |
| We have, on the whole, have been used to working abroad and mostly ignoring what has been going on at “home”, because in the past there has always been a solid gold guarantee that not too much will ever change, and “home” will always continue to be the same decade after decade. Solid and stable, as it has always been. | We have, on the whole, have been used to working abroad and mostly ignoring what has been going on at “home”, because in the past there has always been a solid gold guarantee that not too much will ever change, and “home” will always continue to be the same decade after decade. Solid and stable, as it has always been. |
| In many ways, the UK has become a lot more like the field | In many ways, the UK has become a lot more like the field |
| But now Brexit has changed all this. The rest of the world has watched, half appalled, half tickled, as the UK experienced about 48 years worth of intrigue in the first 48 hours after the vote for Brexit (when measured on a UK scale of political craziness and instability). In many ways, the UK has become a lot more like the field. And with the very idea of Britain being under threat, you might soon meet Welsh, Scottish, English and Northern Irish aid workers instead. As you all kindly step in to help us navigate this maze, here are a few things that everyone could learn from the Brexit mess. | But now Brexit has changed all this. The rest of the world has watched, half appalled, half tickled, as the UK experienced about 48 years worth of intrigue in the first 48 hours after the vote for Brexit (when measured on a UK scale of political craziness and instability). In many ways, the UK has become a lot more like the field. And with the very idea of Britain being under threat, you might soon meet Welsh, Scottish, English and Northern Irish aid workers instead. As you all kindly step in to help us navigate this maze, here are a few things that everyone could learn from the Brexit mess. |
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