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Of all the lessons we need to learn from this disaster, there is an important one about young people

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Corbyn and his allies should now seriously consider his position. If he doesn't, he may leave Labour split, as well as defeated and irrelevant, with yet more unknowable consequences for our democracy

At least for now, Britain is my home. I care about this country, and it's devastating to see it pummelled with such turmoil. This could have been avoided - and in the US, it still can be

The European elite's contempt for the people of Europe has manifested itself with brutal clarity in their imposition of austerity on the populations of Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Latvia, Ireland and Portugal, as well as their drive to conclude the TTIP negotiations in the face of such widespread public opposition

As history tells us, there are reasons to be cautious about the claims that the Iraqi city of Fallujah is freed from Isis control

How quickly the economic shock recovers depends on these factors

Calling for a British Independence Day is wounding to all the nations that revolted and fought hard against British colonial rule. This kind of language is contributing to real incidents of xenophobia across the UK

Being a decent chap with values shared by young idealists and old lefties like me is not enough. It is not the beginning of enough

What have we done? If I could take my vote back now, I would

Yes, there is plenty of cross-generational unfairness, but Brexit isn't a good example of it

The crude majoritarian politics of this referendum has seen half of the population (a generally poorer, less well-educated and elderly half) effectively strip major freedoms and even a cherished identity from the other half (a more prosperous and predominantly younger half)

Within a few short years the 48 per cent will be the 50 per cent, and then the 55. The young voted Remain by a substantial majority. Many of us feel betrayed

One Saudi businessman noted that the kingdom's imports would be cheaper; so would purchases in London's property market, the super-wealthy Arab bolt-hole for immensely rich Gulfies

Some poorer communities that were sacrificed for the good of the EU could become prosperous again; we probably would have been forced to join the euro eventually; and savings on the EU budget contribution are real

Labour needs to embrace the vote for Brexit for what it really is: a vote against austerity, insecurity and uncertainty, with tax-dodging corporations, an irresponsible finance sector and the Conservative Party to blame

With Hilary Benn's midnight sacking, the coup against the Labour leader is under way