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Writing in The Spectator (London) of 5th February 2000 John Laughland stated that "The West is now on the verge of achieving that of which Lenin and Trotsky dreamed in 1917. For the point is not to replace nation states with a European or world superstate. It is instead to achieve the old Marxist dream of abolishing statehood altogether"</ref>

Writing in The Spectator (London) of 5th February 2000 John Laughland stated that "The West is now on the verge of achieving that of which Lenin and Trotsky dreamed in 1917. For the point is not to replace nation states with a European or world superstate. It is instead to achieve the old Marxist dream of abolishing statehood altogether"</ref>

With the EU's facilitation of the [[European migrant crisis]], [[Eurosceptic]]s and native [[populist]] movements regard the EU as a [[totalitarian]] [[bureaucracy]]. In 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU; a process termed [[Brexit]]. It will become the first nation to leave the EU in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39325561 |title=Article 50: Theresa May to trigger Brexit process |publisher=BBC News |date=20 March 2017|access-date=20 March 2017}}</ref>

With the EU's facilitation of the [[European migrant crisis]], [[Euroskeptic]]s and native [[populist]] movements regard the EU as a [[totalitarian]] [[bureaucracy]]. In 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU; a process termed [[Brexit]]. It will become the first nation to leave the EU in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39325561 |title=Article 50: Theresa May to trigger Brexit process |publisher=BBC News |date=20 March 2017|access-date=20 March 2017}}</ref>

==Politics==

==Politics==