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• Pawel Urbanski
  Much-needed piece. You are right that young people are the audience, but I am not sure Europe is the way in. The polling you quote shows they already agree with...
• Pawel Urbanski
  Strong argument, and I agree with the direction. A couple of thoughts from someone who runs small shops. For me, deadweight loss is not a foreign concept. It is...
• Truthspeak
  Of course ,it should be gotten rid of. Cromwell was a tyrant, a brute and a disgrace for any nation,in any age. The articlee excellently covered the full breadt...
• Jeff
  Jana 6th Nov '26 - 6:23pm: Meanwhile, Germany was at 4.2% in June 2016, and now sits at 6.4%. And expected to rise further… ‘German emp...
• Nonconformistradical
  @Jana Not all of them could be deported. Some may be going through legal proceedings and some countries do not take their nationals back. https://www.depo...