Many commentators have ascribed Donald Trump’s success to working-class ‘losers from globalisation’ living in rustbelt towns, who have suffered job losses and stagnating wages. But Eric Kaufmann argues that, as with Brexit, there’s little evidence that the vote had much to do with personal economic circumstances. The true driver of support for Trump is a preference for order over novelty and a consequent […]
The High Court ruling on Article 50 and the government’s plans to appeal the judgment to the Supreme Court, which will probably hear it at the beginning of December, have significant implications for the kind of Brexit that may take place, and indeed may affect whether it takes place at all. Niccolo Milanese argues this is the case because, for the […]
Preoccupation with controlling migration is claimed to have been one of the main driving forces behind the Brexit vote. However, Suzi Hall’s ethnographic study of Rye Lane and the street’s economic and cultural life shows that Britain’s withdrawal from the EU is unlikely to have an effect on how migration changes cities in the UK. This is particularly true in Rye Lane where […]
In the wake of the vote to leave the EU there has been little discussion of how South Asians voted. In this article, Asad Abbasi notes that across the country there was significant support for Brexit from the South Asian diaspora and draws on conversations before and after the vote to consider the possible drivers for this.
The morning after the EU referendum, my day […]
The Leave campaign’s understanding of “freedom” as the absence of external constraints was one-sided, writes Alexis Papazoglou. The UK has autonomously decided to be bound by EU rules and so compliance with those rules has not made it a less autonomous country. Similarly, the freedoms that the UK gains from being an EU member are greater than those it is going […]
The referendum vote for Brexit was clear: the electorate was 46,501,241, Leave was 17,410,742 and Remain was 16,141,241. The UK public actually did not, does not and will not want a Brexit in the foreseeable future. Adrian Low makes this argument by analysing the post-referendum polls and demographic trends.
The difference between leave and remain was 3.8 percent or 1.3 million in favour […]
Tim Vlandas had hoped the referendum would have been the end of the obsession with immigration. Brexit would allow the UK to ‘take back control’ of its immigration policy, thereby nullifying the need for politicians to talk about it on an almost daily basis. He argues, however, that in fact the reverse is happening. Having decided to leave the EU, […]
Throughout the West, patriotism is on the rise, writes Victoria Bateman. During the EU referendum, the issue of sovereignty was high up the agenda. An outpouring of patriotism came along for the ride – a patriotism that Theresa May has since found herself defending on behalf of Brexiteers. But just how much of a threat is patriotism to the economy? Is it […]
The UK is not the only English-speaking EU state, but when Ireland and Malta both joined the EU they opted to put forward Irish and Maltese as their official languages. This has led some politicians to suggest that following Brexit, English should no longer be classified as an official EU language. David Fernández Vítores writes that in practice removing […]
With the loss of EU funding and collaborative opportunities – as well as a shake-up of research councils – British universities must now work out how to stay internationally competitive. Anne Corbett identifies four options for maintaining the UK’s Top 10 position in the world rankings. She finds that while overseas expansion, MOOCs and recruiting more non-EU students are all viable strategies, […]
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