Week in Review: The Implications of Britain’s Vote to Leave the EU

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Week in Review: The Implications of Britain’s Vote to Leave the EU

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Highlights:

  • Herbert W. Armstrong wrote in March 1973: “Britain is going to look back on Monday, Jan. 1, 1973, in all probability, as a most tragically historic date—a date fraught with ominous potentialities! For that date marked the United Kingdom’s entry into the European Community.” Using Bible prophecy, Mr. Armstrong knew for years—before and after writing those words—that Britain would not be part of what he coined “the United States of Europe”—a religious-political superstate that would emerge from Europe as the central power in end-time events.
  • Brexit is now reality. How will it affect Britain? How will it affect the European Union? How will it affect the world? This week’s program discusses the far-reaching implications of this dramatic decision.
  • Who will lead the United Kingdom after Brexit? How united will Britain be, given that 51.9 percent of the voters wanted to leave the EU and 48.1 percent wanted to remain in the union? Will Scotland and Northern Ireland vote to exit the United Kingdom? What will happen to Gibraltar and other British colonies?
  • Will other European nations have their own versions of Brexit? How will Brexit affect the whole EU project?
  • In what ways will Britain’s vote to leave the EU affect the global economy?
  • Is Germany now officially unstoppable in its quest for European hegemony?
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