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Alex de Ruyter is a professor at Birmingham City University and serves as Director of its Centre for Brexit Studies. David Hearne joined the Centre in 2017 as a researcher, having previously worked as an economist in a regional think tank.
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Theresa May Downing Street Exit Edited
Crunch vote: what would a May victory mean?
Ahead of this evening’s Parliamentary vote, Professor de Ruyter, Director of...
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Professor de Ruyter and David Hearne
January 15, 2019
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Centre for Brexit Studies: Exclusive Analysis
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