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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of tables and boxes -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Europe and the European Union -- 2 Back to the future -- 3 Belonging without believing -- 4 Leading from behind: opt-outs, opt-ins, rebates and red lines -- 5 Party games and politics -- 6 Devolution and European Union membership -- 7 The press and the European Union -- 8 The pound, the euro and the City: brief encounters and quick exits -- 9 Britain, the European Union and the wider world -- 10 'Banging on about Europe': the Conservatives and the European Union 2010-15 -- 11 Hallmarks of British membership of the EU -- 12 The Referendum of 2016: the campaign -- 13 The Referendum of 2016: the result -- 14 The May government and Brexit, 2016-19: decline and fail -- 15 The Brexiter government, 2019-20 -- Chronological table -- Bibliography -- Index.

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