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Article 50: the final countdown

20.03.2017 0 comments

Time until Theresa May triggers Article 50 (announced it will be 29th March – we think it is to be 1130 BST / 1230 CET) Time until the UK crashes out of the European Union Time since polls closed in the UK’s EU Referendum […]

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On rights of EU citizens in the UK post-Brexit, detail matters – so the House of Lords is right to fight

02.03.2017 3 comments

So the House of Lords, with a pretty solid majority, voted to unilaterally protect the rights of EU citizens resident in the UK post-Brexit, passing an amendment to the Article 50 notification bill with a majority of 102. Even a few Tories voted for the amendment. But – surprise, surprise […]

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There’s going to be a Brexit crunch or crisis of some sort, and maybe that’s for the best?

05.01.2017 13 comments

Sod all this cheery coming together lark. I admire Ian Dunt for trying it, but ultimately I do not think it is going to work, not least – as Richard Elwes elegantly points out – so many Remain people rightly feel what happened prior to the referendum was a swindle. […]

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The UK government has promised a Brexit plan. But what does that mean?

08.12.2016 4 comments

Yesterday was a significant day for those who follow the minutiae of Brexit, for those of us who try to ascertain what is actually going despite the cloud of obfuscation and media distortion. For months the answer to what Brexit means has been “Brexit means Brexit“, and when Theresa May has […]

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Brexit. One mighty crunch ahead.

15.11.2016 0 comments

Today – even by the standards of the speed of news about Brexit – has been an extraordinary day. Here are the five stand out issues: A leaked memo shows the UK government has no Brexit plan and estimates that 30000 civil servants are going to be needed to make Brexit […]

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Keir Starmer – the best person Labour has for Shadow Brexit Minister (for now)

08.10.2016 2 comments

Jeremy Corbyn’s latest Labour reshuffle has – rather predictably – prompted a storm of critique about the people the leader appointed, and the means he chose to appoint them. Yet this particular cloud has a potential silver lining: the choice of Keir Starmer as Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting […]

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Sunday 4th September 2016: the day the Brexit headache really began

05.09.2016 0 comments

When, in a couple of years, we look back at the car crash that was the Brexit referendum and its aftermath, 4th September 2016 ought to stand out as the day when the post-referendum problems really started. Theresa May, we better not forget, had a relatively calm summer. The Tories […]

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Brexit is not going to happen (but it might need a second referendum)

16.08.2016 19 comments

This blog entry is going to be like a red rag to a bull to some people. The focus, as readers who persevere beyond this first paragraph will see, is on the practicalities of why Brexit will not happen, not on whether Brexit is right or wrong, or what sort […]