'Leaving the European Union, the United Kingdom is attempting to "take back" a control
The phrase ‘take back control’ has become synonymous with Brexit; a political event simply unparalleled in post-war British history. Yet behind this misleading simplistic phrase lies a much more nuanced, complex and (to a certain extent) unintelligible reality. This essay will seek to explain this complex reality of where power and control really lie. Firstly, it will address several unresolved tensions in the question: is control by ‘states’ ‘-and their citizens’ the same th