Since I have nothing constructive to say about the General Election and Brexit that I’ve not already covered elsewhere, I’ve been making another infographic, this time on the progress of the Article 50 negotiations. As you’ll see, there’s not much on it so far, because very little has happened (see the timeline post for updates): […]
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22 May 2017 will rightly be remembered by people for the terrible events in Manchester. But it was also the day that the EU finalised its position on the Article 50 negotiations, agreeing on the detailed negotiation mandate for the Commission, which will lead the talks. The mandate essentially confirms the broader guidelines previously agreed […]
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Since I appear to have locked myself into a regular updating of these infographics until March 2019, you can now expect postings on these at the end of each month. As you can see, the main change in the past month has been a consolidation on the EU side, with the agreement on a mandate […]
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This Tuesday, while most of us where thinking of other things, I was at the Social Market Foundation, talking about Brexit and euroscepticism. In the course of questions at the end, I was asked whether British pro-Europeans displayed the same range and variety of positions as sceptics, to which I noted mobilisation hadn’t really happened. […]
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A bit of a quiet week this week: British politicians are launching their manifestos, Macron’s naming his first administration, Trump’s Trump. Rather than get sucking into the usual hot-take approach, I want to step back and think about the notion of awkwardness in the EU. The UK is, famously, the ‘awkward partner’ (in George’s phrase) […]
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As that wise old owl of eurosceptic theorising, Dr Richard North, once observed, there are no Brexit experts, for the simple that Brexit hasn’t happened. It’s good to be reminded of this from time to time, if only to reflect on the variety of opinion that’s out there. The past weeks have served up two […]
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