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If you had “an Oxfordshire hamlet declaring a unilateral war of independence against the Home Office” on your 2026 political bingo card, collect your winnings. The tiny, tranquil village of Piddington—population 350, zero pubs, one 12th-century church—has held a symbolic “referendum” to secede from the United Kingdom. The provocation? The central government’s masterplan to drop…
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Every time Washington decides to hurl aggressive tariff threats or act like a moody ex on the global stage, European diplomats suddenly remember that Ottawa exists. Brussels drops everything, picks up the phone, and starts loudly whispering into the receiver that Canada has always been the real intellectual superpower, that maple syrup was always superior…
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The diplomatic geopolitical masterstroke of the decade has finally landed. Saddled with mounting trade tensions and unpredictable noise from their powerful southern neighbor, Canadian politicians have hit upon a brilliant strategy: ask the European Union for an unprecedented “associate membership”. The logic is breathtaking in its delusion. If Washington is giving Ottawa a headache, why…

