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> They haven’t given any space to or said any kind anything about Russia in the last 10 years, nor have they given any space to the pro-Brexit side of the debate.

Signs of a quality publication, surely? There's not a lot of papers saying nice things about a mafia oligarchy state unless they've been paid to do so, and the pro-Brexit arguments are mostly nonsense.

The economist has firmly located itself in an economic and socially liberal policy position, but they're willing to look at other cogently argued positions.

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> There's not a lot of papers saying nice things about a mafia oligarchy state unless they've been paid to do so

There was one, called "The Economist in the year X" for all X such that whichever combination of oligarchs, mafia and security services are in power happen to be friendly to Western business interests.

> The economist has firmly located itself in an economic and socially liberal policy position

They are the voice of Empire and always have been.

http://exiledonline.com/exile-classic-the-economist-the-worl...

> mafia oligarchy state

Could be talking about Russia, the U.S., or China at this point, really.

> the pro-Brexit arguments are mostly nonsense

Well, the Economist will assiduously avoid any examination of how the common currency & market are handmaidens for austerity imposed on the peripheral countries to ensure bondholders are always made whole in the EU financial core, that's for sure. Not sure what makes this point "nonsense" though.

That argument may have been valid for Grexit, but UK austerity is entirely native Tory policy, and the primacy of bondholders is pretty much global doctrine (see Argentina pari passu fiasco).

Anyway, that has zero bearing on how Brexit has been conducted, and especially on the opposition to free movement of people.

Not sure that you point relates to Brexit to be fair, even if I find little else to disagree with

UK uses Euros? TIL!

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