The UK's plan for post-Brexit customs is more hopeful than realistic
Aug 17, 2017 15:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The UK government has just issued its official position paper on the issue of the customs union and Brexit. It emphasises a desire for the most frictionless trade possible in goods between the UK and the EU and proposes...
Brexit Series: YouGov polls finds strong support for Brexit among voters
Aug 01, 2017 12:31 pm UTC| Commentary
A recent YouGov poll has found strong support for Brexit among British voters and to the extent that voters remain ready to tolerate even some economic damage for the exit. Fully 61 percent of Leave voters say that they...
Britain better fix its identity crisis fast – or risk a disastrous Brexit
Jul 24, 2017 14:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views
There are lots of productive ways to analyse Brexit why it happened, how its developing, and how it might turn out. One of the most interesting is to use the idea of an identity to understand both why the process is...
Brexit lessons from Britain's 19th century push for free trade
Jul 20, 2017 16:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views
As Britain prepares to enter what have been widely described as the most complex negotiations in recent history, politicians and civil servants dealing with Brexit can look to the 19th century for inspiration when it comes...
Populism is splitting Britain but it could herald change for Wales
Jul 19, 2017 11:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Split over Brexit, austerity and its place in the world, an unconventional situation has emerged in Britain: both the ruling party and the main opposition have adopted populist politics. Populism traditionally pits the...
Law expert: where the Brexit battles over the Repeal Bill will be fought in parliament
Jul 14, 2017 13:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
The most important national law governing the Brexit process has been tabled before parliament by the UK government. The proposed European Union (Withdrawal) Bill previously known as the Great Repeal Bill is likely to...
Brexit Series: EU changes stance on Gibraltar
Jul 11, 2017 07:23 am UTC| Commentary
After the UK Prime Minister Theresa May sent the Brexit letter to the European Council in March, the EU triggered an outrage in the UK by suggesting that with Britain gone from the bloc, the EU would support Spains...
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