How should the European Union react to the decision of the British people to withdraw from the union? This is the question that has been at the centre of the political debate in Europe since the Brexit vote. Paul De Grauwe outlines a future scenario in which the EU could succeed after Brexit. He contends the union must address discontent with the type of […]
Donald Trump’s victory will pose uncomfortable questions for Britain about the future of the UK-US relationship. Tim Oliver writes that despite similarities in Brexit and the politics of Trump’s rise, and the Lazarus quality of the relationship to return to life after being pronounced dead, Trump presents so many unknowns that the core of the relationship could be strained […]
The High Court has ruled that Parliament must be consulted before Article 50 is triggered and Britain begins the process of leaving the EU. Jo Murkens says the judgment was exemplary in its clarity and reasoning, and amounts to a major setback for Theresa May’s plans.
Did judges today declare war on democracy? Did the High Court overstep its mark into […]
Imminent departure from the European Union has delayed but not dimmed the British government’s determination to be done with domestic human rights law. LSE’s Conor Gearty writes on the future of human rights in the UK following Brexit. He concludes that the UK will have to withdraw from the Human Rights Convention if it wants to deport EU citizens.
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One in ten NHS doctor posts are vacant – yet foreign-trained medics already make up nearly 29% of the workforce. Although Theresa May has said EU-born doctors working here may stay until enough Britons are trained to replace them, recruiting and keeping staff is likely to become more difficult because of the uncertainty surrounding their future immigration status. Victoria […]
Four months on from the referendum, it is still hard to establish how much it has affected the economy and what will happen next. Iain Begg analyses the surprisingly strong GDP data published by the ONS on 27 October and asks whether the overall UK economy is as resilient as it seems.
The more extreme projections of a slide into recession […]
Brexit can’t simply be written off as a protest vote by worse-off, older and less educated voters, writes Piers Ludlow. Plenty of the so-called ‘liberal metropolitan elite’ – politicians like Boris Johnson, business leaders and journalists – also called for Britain to leave the EU. The dwindling number of pro-Europeans testifies to growing disillusionment with the European Union among […]
As announced by Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister, at the SNP conference last week, a second Independence Referendum Bill has been published in draft form by the Scottish government. A big announcement of this ilk was to be expected at the annual conference, but what precisely does this mean for Scotland, the UK and Brexit? Jennifer Thomson takes a closer look […]
Thanks to the large number of Britons who holiday in and retire to Spain – and a lot of foreign direct investment in both directions – the two countries have enjoyed a close and mutually beneficial relationship, despite tensions stoked by the existence of Gibraltar. Brexit puts much of this at risk, writes Luis Garicano [1]. With Spain unlikely to […]
Brexit was supposed to return parliamentary sovereignty. Instead it has brought about the most submissive, disempowered Parliament in modern history, writes Jo Murkens. The Great ‘Repeal’ Act will collapse the distinction between EU and national law, creating powers never expressly granted by Parliament. It will probably also enable the government to amend primary legislation without a parliamentary vote. Parliament now finds […]
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