You might have noticed – or might even be participating in – the strikes across UK universities that begin today. We don’t have it here, since the local branch narrowly failed to secure the necessary turnout, but those that did vote very strongly supported strike action (as did nearly every branch across the UK). You […]
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36 hours. That’s about how long we actually had a wide-spread debate about what’s actually in the Withdrawal Agreement, back when it was agreed late in 2018. Yes, it’s been thrown around in debate ever since, but it was only for that brief window that the substance got a decent sounding and consideration in the […]
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A week into not being a member of the EU, we’re starting to see who has been thinking about what happens. One of the key messages of Article 50 was that being an agenda-setter was a deeply consequential thing, both on the procedural mechanics and the framing of substantive issues. Then, as now, the EU […]
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If I’m being honest, I haven’t got a lot more to say on the matter of the moment of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. You can read some thoughts on the PSA’s blog, The Conversation, the Times Higher Education site and listen to a half-hour of mutterings on A Diet of Brussels. And Farming […]
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Change is coming to Brexit. At the end of next week, the UK will leave the European Union, having now completed the passage of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill through the Lords: EU ratification is a given. But there is another, broader change coming too. The constellation of politicians, commentators and journalists who were brought together […]
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Transition remains the Cinderella of Brexit: unnoticed by the ugly sisters of Withdrawal and the New Relationship, but actually rather important. This might have been understandable during the chaos of the past year, when most political efforts were being diverted into securing UK ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, but it seems much less so now, […]
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