byIra Straus 26th February 2019 Three blackmail threats -- no deal, no Brexit, and Jeremy Corbyn -- have boxed in MPs as if in jail cells, blocking the changes a majority would want. Can the cross-party defectors start a jailbreak? Blackmail on the Right, Blackmail on the Left. Mrs May [...]
by Dr Hywel Ceri Jones 11th February 2019 This article first appeared on Click on Wales. About the AuthorHywel Ceri Jones is Former Director General of the European Commission's Directorate General for Employment, Social Policy and Industrial Relations (1993-1998), with responsibility for the European Social Fund and the EU’s Peace and Reconciliation [...]
Click here to download the paper in pdf format Introduction The Brexit episode has seen the political system of the United Kingdom subject itself to immense pressures. Politics always involves tension. However, the cross-cutting divisions exposed and widened by the prospect of leaving the EU are of a more fundamental [...]
7th March 2019 Joint event with: https://youtu.be/0gh8iqX4e4k "EU Reporter TV" reported on the conference. PROGRAMME 2.00-3.00pm: Panel OneFuture Challenges for the EU: Scottish Perspectives Speakers:Joanna Cherry QC MP, Scottish National PartyAlistair Burnett , former Editor of BBC R4's The World Tonight and BBC World Service's Newshour Prof Michael Keating, Professor of Politics, University of [...]
5th February 2019 At this first conference of 2019 to review Brexit, our three expert speakers, Dr Denis MacShane, Baroness Quin and our Director Brendan Donnelly discussed the developing contest between Parliament and the government for control of the Brexit process, as well as the possible implications of this contest [...]
by P. Kamil Rosiak December 2018 I’ve been observing attentively the Brexit process since the night of 23 June 2016, the night of leave/remain vote. I read many articles and books on the subject, I was watching several debates in the UK Parliament and discussed the topic with hundreds of [...]
by Dr Hywel Ceri Jones January 2019 The votes during the next days and weeks at Westminster will have a profound impact on the future of the United Kingdom. They will condition the future prospects and status of Wales in the UK in Europe and the wider world. They will [...]
Which “colonial master” would Mr Johnson prefer, Europe or America? by Ira Straus 17th December 2018 Mr Johnson spoke truthfully when he said the Brexit Deal will leave Britain a colony of the EU: subject to most of its laws but with no share in making them. Let us proceed [...]
A way out of the Brexit chaos? Parliament should install a national government by Professor Iain BeggIain Begg is a Professorial Research Fellow at the European Institute and Co-Director of the Dahrendorf Forum, London School of Economics and Political Science. This article was first published by the LSE Brexit Blog.12th [...]
Theresa May on the psychiatrist's couchMarching over the cliff, chanting ‘it’s our duty’ by Ira Straus 11th December 2018 Everyone has their mental blocks --thoughts and fears that hold their minds hostage. The PM’s are holding her entire country hostage; a tragic situation, hostage to a policy she herself believes [...]
