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Labour, Brexit and the constitution: Waiting for the dog to bark

By Prof Andrew Blick|2021-04-13T13:19:30+00:00April 13th, 2021|Categories: Blog, Brexit, Europe, UK Constitution|Tags: Andrew Blick Brexit, Andrew Blick KCL, Andrew Blick Labour Brexit, ANdrew Blick Labour Party, Brexit, Keir Starmer Brexit, Keir Starmer Labour Brexit, Keir Starmer Labout, Labour Party Brexit, Labour Party Scotland, Labour Party UK, Labour Party UK constitution, Starmer Brexit, UK constitution Brexit|

The UK faces various serious difficulties at present that share a common cause. Brexit does not explain each of them in its entirety. But it is fundamental to an understanding of them all. There is already clear evidence of departure from the EU’s inflicting substantial economic damage on the UK. [...]

Federalism for the United Kingdom: an answer that raises questions

By Prof Andrew Blick|2021-03-04T11:21:22+00:00March 3rd, 2021|Categories: Brexit, Devolution, Federalism, Federalism, Scotland, UK Constitution, UK Devolution|Tags: Andrew Blick federalism, Andrew Blick KCL, Andrew Blick UK constitution, Brexit, Brexit UK constitution, Brexit UK federalism, Federal Trust, federalism, Federalism in the UK, Federalism UK Constitution, Scotland federalism|

Federalism is best defined as a system in which constitutional authority is divided between a ‘federal’ tier of government and a set of territorial ‘states’. It is a comprehensive and symmetrical model in which the entirety (or almost the entirety) of the country is covered by states, which have identical [...]