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Anti-immigration protests brought Britain’s ports to a standstill. Behind the disorder lies a deeper warning: voters feel Westmins…
Elisabeth Dampier, born in 1989, studied Media Management in Stuttgart and Financial Management in Lucerne. After many years working in the documentary and news sector in England, she now writes as a freelance journalist for British print and German online publications such as The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph, TE, Corrigenda and The Critic. She lives with her family in the southern Black Forest.

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