Another day, another upheaval in British politics. In the 21 days since the EU referendum, we’ve had more changes of more consequence than in any time since the second world war. All very grand to say that, but where are we going with all this? Until yesterday, it was very hard to say, precisely because […]
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Since people seemed to like the Article 50 overview I did earlier this week, here’s another quick summary, this time of the key challenges that will need to be addressed during the Berexit negotiations. Note that this is very provisional and I’m very happy to take suggestions on additions And again, as a PDF: Brexit Issues
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I’ll freely admit that the past week has been a stunner, in the literal sense. With the almost complete suspension of normal political rules, everyone has piled in and tried to set agendas, grab pie and settle old scores (and some new ones too). To comment in any meaningful way has been next to impossible, […]
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It’s telling that almost all the British public debate since Friday’s announcement of the result of the EU referendum has been about British politics: who’s succeeding David Cameron? What’s happening to Jeremy Corbyn? Or Scotland? Almost nothing has been discussed about how this decision will play out with the rest of the European Union. At […]
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Thursday’s historic vote was specifically about British membership of the European Union, but subsequent events appear to have raised the question of whether the decision to leave will actually result in it happening. Here we consider some aspects of this. Why it will happen Constitutionally, any referendum in the UK is advisory, since Parliament is […]
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