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 [...]
No Deal, No Brexit, or May's Brexit: Getting to legitimate procedures for voting among the options by Ira Straus 7th December 2018 About the AuthorIra Straus is the Chair of the Center for War-Peace Studies, which examines the use of complex electoral systems in holding plural societies together. In the 1990s, [...]
Churchill – a `founding father’ of the European Union – would vote to Remain by Graham Bishop – Vice Chairman, European Movement (UK) 17 September 2018 This is a summary of a longer article written by Graham Bishop. You can read the full article here (pdf file). Winston Churchill has [...]
By David Gow 31st July 2018 This article was first published on sceptical.scot What does Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister, do all day? Tweet a bit about the books she likes, post some pix of Ailsa Craig, make the odd part-speech about, say, gender (in)equality, welcome a few jobs announcements, [...]
By Iain Begg 3rd August 2018 This article was first published on www.dahrendorf-forum.eu A simple metaphor captures the dilemmas around Brexit: some want white, others want black. To state the blindingly obvious, the two are mutually exclusive. In this post, Iain Begg (LSE) considers the two logically coherent positions on EU membership. It [...]
By Nicolas Maclean 18th July 2018 This article was first published on: http://www.foreignpolicy.org.in The BREXIT imbroglio has tangentially involved South Asians on several occasions, first during Britain’s EU referendum in 2016 and later in the subsequent debates as to Britain’s future relationship with the EU. The situation raises many values [...]
Brexit: Heading to a Deal or No Deal While UK Politics Implodes? by Kirsty Hughes, Director, Scottish Centre on European Relations July 2018 Introduction As EU-UK Brexit talks resumed in mid-July, the UK government’s Chequers’ statement and white paper[1] had, in theory, provided some basis for talks on the [...]
Education and Research – the future at risk by Hywel Ceri Jones 5th July 2018 As the Cabinet gathers to meet on Friday to attempt to define or probably further fudge its collective approach to the Government’s White Paper on Brexit, it will be important for the public to [...]
