'It's a race!' Will the UK or EU COLLAPSE first? Historian's SHOCK prediction
A HISTORIAN has claimed it appears as if there is a race between the EU and UK to whoever can get into the “deeper trouble” first.
'It's a race!' Historian claims both EU and UK will break up
Norman Davies, a renowned historian, said that both the European Union and the United Kingdom will also eventually break up.
Speaking on Sky News, Mr Davies predicted that Brexit could see the end of the United Kingdom.
He said: “I’m pretty certain that Poland will last longer than the United Kingdom.
“Whether the European Union will, I’m not so sure.
“In a way, it has been a race to see who get into the deeper trouble first. It doesn’t look good for the United Kingdom.”
Host Adam Boulton asked whether the historian could see the United Kingdom eventually breaking up.
Mr Davies replied: “Everything will break up sooner or later.
“We were pretty close to it in the Scottish referendum, the tide has gone out a bit.
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Everything will break up sooner or later
“But if we leave the European Union in disorderly circumstances then it’s obvious that the different parts of the Kingdom will react differently.
“It’s not necessarily catastrophic. In the last 20 years, four or five European countries have broken up.
“The biggest state in the world, the soviet union just went up in smoke in a matter of weeks.
“It happens, it is not exactly desirable but somehow something else comes along, as it will do here.
“But I can’t think that the health of our country will improve by venturing out on its own on a very dangerous ocean.”
Mr Davies also said he thought the Brexit camp were “full of delusions” as the UK pulls away from the European Union, but added, “but we shall see”.